About time
I am from Russia and our time include 24 hours, that's why I don't understand the American format time, I mean "am" and "pm". How can I say correctly " 22:05"?

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Answer

if (time == 12:00 ){
   time = 12:00  + "pm"
}else if (time == 24:00 ){
   time = 12:00 + "am"
}else if (time > 12:00 ){
   time = time - 12:00 + "pm"
}else{
   time = time + "am"
}

so 22:00 == 10 pm
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock

Answer

Hours in the morning are expressed as (1-12) am. Everything after 12 noon is expressed as (1-12) pm.
So, if the 24 hour time is less than 12, you use time + am. If the 24 hour time is greater than 12, you use ((24 hour time) - 12) pm

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10:05 PM. Or 10:05 tomorrow/friday/next friday night.

For hours and half, you could also say 10 in the morning or 4 in the afternoon or 6 in the evening... We don't use  this construction as much to talk about late evening times... So from say 7pm- 12pm, it would be at 8pm or until midnight...

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