# Time\_select in am/pm format

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-select-in-am-pm-format/172777>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [July 27, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-select-in-am-pm-format/172777 "2009-07-27T23:27:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2009, 11:27pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-select-in-am-pm-format/172777/1 "2009-07-27T23:27:34Z")

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Is there an easy solution out there that can display it in the am/pm  
format and not the 24 hours format. i have searched the web and this  
group and found not much except the following:

[http://brunomiranda.com/past/2007/6/2/displaying\_12\_hour\_style\_time\_select/](http://brunomiranda.com/past/2007/6/2/displaying_12_hour_style_time_select/)

[http://code.google.com/p/rails-twelve-hour-time-plugin/](http://code.google.com/p/rails-twelve-hour-time-plugin/)

any other solutions or am i missing something built into rails?

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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 5:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-select-in-am-pm-format/172777/2 "2009-07-28T05:33:15Z")

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> **[DateTime formatting in RubyonRails](https://firstruby.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/datetime-formatting-in-rubyonrails/)**
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> To display datetimes in different formats in Ruby On Rails application, following may help, Format meaning: %a – The abbreviated weekday name (“Sun”) %A – The full weekday n…

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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-select-in-am-pm-format/172777/3 "2009-07-28T19:23:58Z")

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I was actually more interested in the time\_select helper and getting  
it to display the form in 12 hour format. So, it seems like there is  
not anything built into rails huh?

On Jul 27, 11:33 pm, Alpha B. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)

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**Author:** ![tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/3ab097/32.png) [@tashfeen.ekram](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/tashfeen.ekram)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/time-select-in-am-pm-format/172777/4 "2009-07-29T04:10:08Z")

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the later plugin works quite well. it does the trick.

thanks