# How to convert to military time?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-to-military-time/74350>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 31, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-to-military-time/74350 "2023-05-31T13:00:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![rahman.tarek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b77776/32.png) [@rahman.tarek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rahman.tarek)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-to-military-time/74350/1 "2023-05-31T13:00:33Z")

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I have the following tag value - 06-02 14:37 PM. This is a datetime object and i need to convert to military time. any tips?

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**Author:** ![victordcq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f6c823/32.png) [@victordcq](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/victordcq)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-to-military-time/74350/2 "2023-05-31T13:04:26Z")

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[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/dateFormat](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/dateFormat)  
no idea what military time means tho but you will need dateformat

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**Author:** ![pascal.fragnoud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pascal.fragnoud/32/24728_2.png) [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-to-military-time/74350/3 "2023-05-31T13:04:32Z")

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[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/dateFormat](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/dateFormat)

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.date.format](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/system.date.format)

[https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Data+Type+Formatting+Reference](https://docs.inductiveautomation.com/display/DOC81/Data+Type+Formatting+Reference)

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**Author:** ![pascal.fragnoud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pascal.fragnoud/32/24728_2.png) [@pascal.fragnoud](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pascal.fragnoud)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:06pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-to-military-time/74350/4 "2023-05-31T13:06:05Z")

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It's what you and I call "time".

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**Author:** ![Tim\_Carlton](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tim_carlton/32/52835_2.png) [@Tim\_Carlton](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Tim_Carlton)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/how-to-convert-to-military-time/74350/5 "2023-05-31T13:10:29Z")

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Probably 24hr clock. Z perhaps. ymd or dmy or mdy is ?