how to get AM/PM from datetime? c#

Question

I have a date like this:

equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.Date = `{12/5/2013 12:00:00 AM}`

and I want to apply time like this, but I do not know how to get AM and PM from the end.

dtStartTimeHour.SelectedItem = equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.TimeOfDay.Hours;
dtStartTimeMin.SelectedItem = equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.TimeOfDay.Minutes;
**dtStartTimeAMPM.SelectedItem = equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.???????.;**

Please help me.

I have tried something like this:

var startDatestr = equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.TimeFrom.Split(new string[] { ":", ":",":",":" }, StringSplitOptions.RemoveEmptyEntries);

AM/PM = startDatestr[3]

If the hours are less than 12, I guess it would be AM, otherwise PM. — itsme86, Dec 09 '13 at 19:25
duplicate of: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7875259/how-get-a-m-p-m-from-datetime — Maess, Dec 09 '13 at 19:26
Possible duplicate of [How do I get the AM/PM value from a DateTime?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7875259/how-do-i-get-the-am-pm-value-from-a-datetime) — dey.shin, Oct 20 '17 at 18:19

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 09 '13 at 19:27

If you just want the string you can do:

equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.ToString("tt");

Or for a boolean result use:

bool isPM = (equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.Hour >= 12);

BTW, you don't need to call TimeOfDay - you can get the Hour and Minute property directly from the DateTime:

dtStartTimeHour.SelectedItem = equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.Hour;
dtStartTimeMin.SelectedItem = equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.Minute;
dtStartTimeAMPM.SelectedItem = equipBooking.BookedFromDteTme.ToString("tt");

@vb1 - 1) no it won't and 2) why is that a problem? – D Stanley Dec 09 '13 at 19:30 — D Stanley, Dec 09 '13 at 19:30

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 09 '13 at 19:26

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TimeSpan does not store time-of-day, but rather the length of any interval of time. It has no notion of AM/PM.

TimeOfDay returns the amount of time since midnight.

If Hours is more than or equal to 12, that will be PM.

answered Dec 09 '13 at 19:26

SLaks

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 09 '13 at 19:26

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try using dateTime.ToString("tt");

answered Dec 09 '13 at 19:26

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how to get AM/PM from datetime? c#

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