Rails 12 hour AM/PM range for a day

Question

This is a really simple question, and it\'s probably been asked and answered before, but I haven\'t been able to find anything.

Anyway, I need a range/array for 12 hour

Answer 1

I agree with @MrYoshi's comment, the easiest way of formatting a date is .strftime(), see RubyDoc for all possible options

Example:

Time.now.strftime("%I:%M %p")

output: HH:MM AM

Or what you literally asked for:

Time.now.strftime("%I:00")

output: HH:00

As you mentioned time_select I assume you want to offer time as a user selectable range, so try these options for time_select(more options):

time_select 'game', 'game_time', {:minute_step => 60, :ampm => true}

also this previous question: Time select form helper with 12 hour format for Rails 3?