Convert 24 Hour time to 12 Hour plus AM/PM indication Oracle SQL Convert 24 Hour time to 12 Hour plus AM/PM indication Oracle SQL oracle oracle

Convert 24 Hour time to 12 Hour plus AM/PM indication Oracle SQL


For the 24-hour time, you need to use HH24 instead of HH.

For the 12-hour time, the AM/PM indicator is written as A.M. (if you want periods in the result) or AM (if you don't). For example:

SELECT invoice_date,       TO_CHAR(invoice_date, 'DD-MM-YYYY HH24:MI:SS') "Date 24Hr",       TO_CHAR(invoice_date, 'DD-MM-YYYY HH:MI:SS AM') "Date 12Hr"  FROM invoices;

For more information on the format models you can use with TO_CHAR on a date, see http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E16655_01/server.121/e17750/ch4datetime.htm#NLSPG004.


'hh' is for 12 hour format , 'HH' is for 24 format and 'tt' is for AM/PM

SELECT FORMAT(invoice_date, N'dd-MMM-yyyy hh:mm:ss tt')