2 PM on the 24 hour clock is 14:00.
Add 12 to the number representing hours, from 1:00 pm to just before midnight.
AM is 00:00 to 11:59. PM is 12:00 to 23:59.
2 pm
Habit, and convention. We all have to speak the same language if we're going to communicate. Personally, I prefer the 24 hour clock; so 1 PM is 13:00, and 9 PM is 21:00. Of course, I did spend 21 years in the Navy, and we used the 24-hour clock exclusively. But for talking to civilians in the US, you have to use the 12 hour clock with AM and PM.
5+12 is 17:00 in 24 hour clock
On a 24 hour clock, it's pm. On a twelve hour clock, it could be either.
9:00 pm on a 12-hour clock is equivalent to 21:00 on a 24-hour clock.
12 hour clock's have am and pm. 24 hour clock's (military time) is 00:00 through 23:59. Midnight on a 12 hour clock is 12:00am, on a 24 hour clock is 00:00. So 23:59 would be 11:59pm.
1238 hrs corresponds to 12:38 PM in a 12-hour clock format or 1:38 PM in a 24-hour clock format.
2 PM on the 24 hour clock is 14:00.
A twelve hour clock has 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 and is the standard form time clock. A 24 hour clock has times starting at 1-12, but after it will start with 13 as 1 p.m. all the way to 24 or 00 as 12 midnight.
13:00 = 1300 hours. (24 hour clock) 1:00 pm ( 12 hour clock) The 'pm' is the Latin initials for 'post meridian', which means 'after noon'.
Add 12 to the number representing hours, from 1:00 pm to just before midnight.
1353 is 1:53 PM in a 12-hour clock format and 1:53 in a 24-hour clock format.
Times denoted with pm occur between 12 noon and midnight. 5.35pm is thus 5.35 + 12 = 17.35 using the 24hr clock.
Midday on a 24-hour clock is 12:00 or 12:00 PM.