# Time format

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-format/127777>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [February 1, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-format/127777 "2008-02-01T07:44:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:44am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-format/127777/1 "2008-02-01T07:44:10Z")

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how to get “1:30 AM” from Time.now

t= Time.now #=\>Fri Feb 01 01:30:10 +0530 2008  
i need the output as “1:30 AM”  
How to do this

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**Author:** ![ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:23am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-format/127777/2 "2008-02-01T08:23:23Z")

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Use the time helper method provided at end,with the object to get the  
value …strftime("%I:%M%p")

On Feb 1, 11:44 am, Ratnavel S. \<rails-mailing-l…@andreas-

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**Author:** ![ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@ratnavel](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/ratnavel)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-format/127777/3 "2008-02-01T08:52:31Z")

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Thank u… It worked…