Getting 24 hour time

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#1 
local function getTime(setTime)
	local Hours = tonumber(string.sub(setTime, 1, 2))
	local Minutes = string.sub(setTime, 4, 5)
	
	if setTime >= 13 and setTime ~= 0 then
		return string.format('%s:%s %s', tonumber(Hours) - 12, Minutes, 'pm')
	elseif setTime >= 12 and setTime < 13 then
		return string.format('%s:%s %s', Hours, Minutes, 'pm')
	elseif setTime >= 0 and setTime < 1 then
		return string.format('12:%s %s', Minutes, 'am')
	else
		return string.format('%s:%s %s', Hours, Minutes, 'am')
	end
end

local StartTime, EndTime = getTime(JobInfo.StartTime), getTime(JobInfo.EndTime)
		
Time.Text = StartTime .. ' - ' .. EndTime

Kind of a lil bugged. Instead of being like 9:00am - 3:00pm it just has this

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#2

return string.format(‘%d:%02d %s’,

%02d will specify that it must include at least two digits. You can do likewise for the hours if you want 09:30.

#3

You’re using the wrong format specifier, %s is for strings, and you could do the formatting in a single statement:

local function formatAsDigital(input)
    local hours = math.floor(input/60);
    return string.format("%d:%02d %s", hours%12, input%60, hours >= 12
and "pm" or "am");
end

The above reply explains the format specifier well, but it can be any digit

string.format("%05d", 9) for example, would result in 00009, since 9 isn’t 5 digits, so the first 4 are just a “placeholder”

Not sure how you want it, but how this works is it treats the argument received as minutes, so if you pass 60, you get "1:00" in return. If that’s not what you want lmk and i’ll make the changes necessary

#4

Huh ok, what would input be? Just the time of day??

EDIT Nvm, that didn’t work, had this:

local function getTime(setTime)
	local hours = math.floor(setTime/60)

    return string.format("%d:%02d %s", hours%12, setTime%60, hours > 12 and "pm" or "am")
end

local StartTime, EndTime = getTime(JobInfo.StartTime), getTime(JobInfo.EndTime)
		
Time.Text = StartTime .. ' - ' .. EndTime

and got 0:09am - 0.14am

#5

input is treated as minutes (can also be seconds, since it works exactly the same, just gotta multiply or divide) and what is JobInfo.StartTime and EndTime?

My function takes a number, your original function took a string, judging from the use of string.sub

formatAsDigital(120) == "2:00 am"

#6

StartTime is 9 and EndTime is 14 (being the 24 hour times for 9am and 2pm)

#7

Yeah that’s because input was treated as minutes.

Multiply it by 60, and it will work

#8

Hmm, minor problem I get, is if my time == 12 (for 12 pm) it gets set to 0:00 am instead of 12:00 pm

#9

hour%12 + 1

30 character bypass

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#10

Sorry for the late reply, but that doesn’t really fix it. It just adds 1 hour to the time.

Lighting:GetPropertyChangedSignal('ClockTime'):Connect(function()
	local NewTime = Lighting.ClockTime * 60
	local Hours = math.floor(NewTime / 60)

    Time.Text = string.format('%d:%02d %s', Hours%12 + 1, NewTime%60, Hours > 12 and 'pm' or 'am')
end)

So it’s saying midday is 1:00pm instead of 12:00pm

#11

Separate the operation. Instead of adding one to the hours, perform modulus in a variable and set it up to 12 if it’s 0.

Lighting:GetPropertyChangedSignal('ClockTime'):Connect(function()
	local NewTime = Lighting.ClockTime * 60
	local Hours = math.floor(NewTime / 60)
    local HoursConverted = Hours % 12

    if HoursConverted == 0 then
        HoursConverted = 12
    end

    Time.Text = string.format('%d:%02d %s', HoursConverted, NewTime%60, Hours > 12 and 'pm' or 'am')
end)