2 PM on the 24 hour clock is 14:00.
2 pm
4 pm is 16.00
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.
5pm = 17:00
9:00 pm on a 12-hour clock is equivalent to 21:00 on a 24-hour clock.
2 PM on the 24 hour clock is 14:00.
16.30PM
On a 24 hour clock, it's pm. On a twelve hour clock, it could be either.
5+12 is 17:00 in 24 hour clock
16:00 is 4pm on a 24 hour clock.
2 pm
Ah, a quarter past four in the afternoon on a twenty-four-hour digital clock would be displayed as 16:15. Just imagine the clock as a canvas, with the hour hand pointing to the 16 for 4 o'clock, and the minute hand at the 3 for a quarter past. Isn't telling time like painting a beautiful picture?
4 pm is 16.00
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.
The 17th hour of the day would be 5:00 PM in a 24-hour clock format.