Program to convert time from 12 hour to 24 hour format

Last Updated : 19 Mar, 2025

Given a time at 12-hour AM/PM format, convert it to military (24-hour) time.
Note: Midnight is 12:00:00 AM on a 12-hour clock and 00:00:00 on a 24-hour clock. Noon is 12:00:00 PM on 12-hour clock and 12:00:00 on 24-hour clock

Examples:

Input: 07:05:45 PM
Output: 19:05:45
Explanation: On converting the given time from 12 hour format to 24 hour format we get 19:05:45
Input: 02:15:05 AM
Output: 02:15:05
Explanation: On converting the given time from 12 hour format to 24 hour format we get 02:15:05

Using Conditional Statements

C++

// C++ program to convert 12 hour to 24 hour
// format
#include<iostream>
using namespace std;

void print24(string str)
{
    // Get hours
    int h1 = (int)str[1] - '0';
    int h2 = (int)str[0] - '0';
    int hh = (h2 * 10 + h1 % 10);

    // If time is in "AM"
    if (str[8] == 'A')
    {
        if (hh == 12)
        {
            cout << "00";
            for (int i=2; i <= 7; i++)
                cout << str[i];
        }
        else
        {
            for (int i=0; i <= 7; i++)
                cout << str[i];
        }
    }

    // If time is in "PM"
    else
    {
        if (hh == 12)
        {
            cout << "12";
            for (int i=2; i <= 7; i++)
                cout << str[i];
        }
        else
        {
            hh = hh + 12;
            cout << hh;
            for (int i=2; i <= 7; i++)
                cout << str[i];
        }
    }
}

// Driver code
int main()
{
   string str = "07:05:45PM";
   print24(str);
   return 0;
}

Java

// Java program to convert 12 hour 
// format to  24 hour format
import java.io.*;
public class GFG
{
static void print24(String str)
{
    // Get hours
    int h1 = (int)str.charAt(1) - '0';
    int h2 = (int)str.charAt(0) - '0';
    int hh = (h2 * 10 + h1 % 10);

    // If time is in "AM"
    if (str.charAt(8) == 'A')
    {
        if (hh == 12)
        {
            System.out.print("00");
            for (int i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                System.out.print(str.charAt(i));
        }
        else
        {
            for (int i = 0; i <= 7; i++)
                System.out.print(str.charAt(i));
        }
    }

    // If time is in "PM"
    else
    {
        if (hh == 12)
        {
            System.out.print("12");
            for (int i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                System.out.print(str.charAt(i));
        }
        else
        {
            hh = hh + 12;
            System.out.print(hh);
            for (int i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                System.out.print(str.charAt(i));
        }
    }
} 

// Driver code 
public static void main (String[] args)
{
    String str = "07:05:45PM";
    print24(str);
}
}

// This code is contributed by Anant Agarwal.

Python

# Python3 program to convert 12
# hour to 24 hour format
def print24(s):

    # Get hours
    h1 = ord(s[1]) - ord('0')
    h2 = ord(s[0]) - ord('0')
    hh = (h2 * 10 + h1 % 10)
 
    # If time is in "AM"
    if (s[8] == 'A'):
        if (hh == 12):
            print('00', end = '')
            
            for i in range(2, 8):
                print(s[i], end = '')

        else:
            for i in range(0, 8):
                print(s[i], end = '')
 
    # If time is in "PM"
    else:
        if (hh == 12):
            print("12", end = '')
            
            for i in range(2, 8):
                print(s[i], end = '')
        
        else:
            hh = hh + 12;
            print(hh, end = '')
            
            for i in range(2, 8):
                print(s[i], end = '')
            
# Driver code           
if __name__=="__main__":

   s = "07:05:45PM"
   
   print24(s)
   
# This code is contributed by rutvik_56

// C# program to convert 12 hour 
// format to 24 hour format
using System;

class GFG
{
    
static void print24(String str)
{
    // Get hours
    int h1 = (int)str[1] - '0';
    int h2 = (int)str[0] - '0';
    int hh = (h2 * 10 + h1 % 10);

    // If time is in "AM"
    if (str[8] == 'A')
    {
        if (hh == 12)
        {
            Console.Write("00");
            for (int i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                Console.Write(str[i]);
        }
        else
        {
            for (int i = 0; i <= 7; i++)
                Console.Write(str[i]);
        }
    }

    // If time is in "PM"
    else
    {
        if (hh == 12)
        {
            Console.Write("12");
            for (int i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                Console.Write(str[i]);
        }
        else
        {
            hh = hh + 12;
            Console.Write(hh);
            for (int i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                Console.Write(str[i]);
        }
    }
} 

// Driver code 
public static void Main(String[] args)
{
    String str = "07:05:45PM";
    print24(str);
}
}

// This code is contributed by Rajput-Ji

JavaScript

<script>
// javascript program to convert 12 hour
// format to 24 hour format
 

  function print24(str)
{
    // Get hours
    var h1 = Number(str[1] - '0');
    var h2 = Number(str[0] - '0');
    var hh = (h2 * 10 + h1 % 10);
 
    // If time is in "AM"
    if (str[8] == 'A')
    {
        if (hh == 12)
        {
            document.write("00");
            for (var i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                document.write(str[i]);
        }
        else
        {
            for (var i = 0; i <= 7; i++)
                document.write(str[i]);
        }
    }
 
    // If time is in "PM"
    else
    {
        if (hh == 12)
        {
            document.write("12");
            for (var i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                document.write(str[i]);
        }
        else
        {
            hh = hh + 12;
            document.write(hh);
            for (var i = 2; i <= 7; i++)
                document.write(str[i]);
        }
    }
}
 
// Driver code

    var str = "07:05:45PM";
    print24(str);

// This code is contributed by bunnyram19.
</script>

Output

19:05:45

Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Using Library Methods

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <ctime>
using namespace std;

string englishTime(string input) 
{
  
    // Format of the date defined in the input String
    struct tm tm;
    strptime(input.c_str(), "%I:%M:%S %p", &tm);

    // Changing the format of date and storing it in string
    char output[9];
    strftime(output, sizeof(output), "%H:%M:%S", &tm);
    return string(output);
}

// Driver code
int main() {
    cout << englishTime("07:05:45 PM") << endl;
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java program for the above approach
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.ParseException;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;

public class GFG {
    public static String englishTime(String input)
        throws ParseException
    {

        // Format of the date defined in the input String
        DateFormat dateFormat
            = new SimpleDateFormat("hh:mm:ss aa");
      
        // Change the pattern into 24 hour format
        DateFormat format
            = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss");
        Date time = null;
        String output = "";
      
        // Converting the input String to Date
        time = dateFormat.parse(input);
      
        // Changing the format of date 
        // and storing it in
        // String
        output = format.format(time);
        return output;
    }

    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String[] arg)
        throws ParseException
    {
        System.out.println(englishTime("07:05:45 PM"));
    }
}

Python

# Python program for the above approach
import datetime


def englishTime(input):
    # Format of the date defined in the input String
    dateFormat = datetime.datetime.strptime(input, "%I:%M:%S %p")

    # Change the pattern into 24 hour format
    format = datetime.datetime.strftime(dateFormat, "%H:%M:%S")
    return format


# Driver Code
print(englishTime("07:05:45 PM"))

using System;
using System.Globalization;

class GFG {
  public static string englishTime(string input)
  {

    // Format of the date defined in the input String
    DateTime time;
    CultureInfo provider = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture;
    DateTime.TryParseExact(input, "hh:mm:ss tt", provider, DateTimeStyles.None, out time);

    // Change the pattern into 24 hour format
    DateTimeFormatInfo dtfi = CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.DateTimeFormat;
    string output = time.ToString("HH:mm:ss", dtfi);
    return output;
  }

  // Driver Code
  static void Main(string[] args) {
    Console.WriteLine(englishTime("07:05:45 PM"));
  }
}

JavaScript

// Function to convert 12 hour time format to 24 hour time format
function englishTime(input) {
  // Create a Date object with the input time string
  let date = new Date("1970-01-01 " + input);

  // Format the date object into a 24 hour time string
  let format = date.toLocaleTimeString([], { hour12: false });

  return format;
}

// Driver Code
console.log(englishTime("07:05:45 PM"));

Output

19:05:45

Time Complexity: O(1)
Auxiliary Space: O(1)

Program to convert time from 12 hour to 24 hour format

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