Convert given time into words - GeeksforGeeks

29 Apr, 2021
Given a time in the format of hh:mm (12-hour format) 0 < hh < 12, 0 <= mm < 60. The task is to convert it into words as shown:Examples :  
Input : h = 5, m = 0
Output : five o' clock

Input : h = 6, m = 24
Output : twenty four minutes past six
Corner cases are m = 0, m = 15, m = 30 and m = 45. 
6:00 six o'clock
6:10 ten minutes past six
6:15 quarter past six
6:30 half past six
6:45 quarter to seven
6:47 thirteen minutes to seven
 
The idea is to use the if-else-if statement to determine the time in words. According to the above-given example, on the basis of minutes, we can categorize time in words into 8, which are minutes equal to 0, 15, 30, 45, 1, 59, and in a range less than 30 or greater than 30. Check the value of minutes and print accordingly.Below is the implementation of this approach: 
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// C++ program to convert time into words#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std; // Print Time in words.void printWords(int h, int m){    char nums[][64] = { "zero", "one", "two", "three", "four",                        "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine",                        "ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen",                        "fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen",                        "eighteen", "nineteen", "twenty", "twenty one",                        "twenty two", "twenty three", "twenty four",                        "twenty five", "twenty six", "twenty seven",                        "twenty eight", "twenty nine",                      };     if (m == 0)        printf("%s o' clock\n", nums[h]);     else if (m == 1)        printf("one minute past %s\n", nums[h]);     else if (m == 59)        printf("one minute to %s\n", nums[(h % 12) + 1]);     else if (m == 15)        printf("quarter past %s\n", nums[h]);     else if (m == 30)        printf("half past %s\n", nums[h]);     else if (m == 45)        printf("quarter to %s\n", nums[(h % 12) + 1]);     else if (m <= 30)        printf("%s minutes past %s\n", nums[m], nums[h]);     else if (m > 30)        printf("%s minutes to %s\n", nums[60 - m],                                     nums[(h % 12) + 1]);} // Driven Programint main(){    int h = 6;    int m = 24;     printWords(h, m);    return 0;}
// Java program to convert time into wordsclass GFG{         // Print Time in words.    static void printWords(int h, int m)    {        String nums[] = { "zero", "one", "two", "three", "four",                            "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine",                            "ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen",                            "fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen",                            "eighteen", "nineteen", "twenty", "twenty one",                            "twenty two", "twenty three", "twenty four",                            "twenty five", "twenty six", "twenty seven",                            "twenty eight", "twenty nine",                        };             if (m == 0)            System.out.println(nums[h] + " o' clock ");             else if (m == 1)            System.out.println("one minute past " +                                            nums[h]);             else if (m == 59)            System.out.println("one minute to " +                            nums[(h % 12) + 1]);             else if (m == 15)            System.out.println("quarter past " + nums[h]);             else if (m == 30)            System.out.println("half past " + nums[h]);             else if (m == 45)            System.out.println("quarter to " +                                nums[(h % 12) + 1]);             else if (m <= 30)            System.out.println( nums[m] + " minutes past " +                                                    nums[h]);             else if (m > 30)            System.out.println( nums[60 - m] + " minutes to " +                                                    nums[(h % 12) + 1]);    }         // Driven code    public static void main(String []args)    {        int h = 6;        int m = 24;        printWords(h, m);    }} // This code is contributed by ihritik
# Python3 program to convert# time into words # Print Time in words.def printWords(h, m):    nums = ["zero", "one", "two", "three", "four",            "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine",            "ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen",            "fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen",            "seventeen", "eighteen", "nineteen",            "twenty", "twenty one", "twenty two",            "twenty three", "twenty four",            "twenty five", "twenty six", "twenty seven",            "twenty eight", "twenty nine"];     if (m == 0):        print(nums[h], "o' clock");     elif (m == 1):        print("one minute past", nums[h]);     elif (m == 59):        print("one minute to", nums[(h % 12) + 1]);     elif (m == 15):        print("quarter past", nums[h]);     elif (m == 30):        print("half past", nums[h]);     elif (m == 45):        print("quarter to", (nums[(h % 12) + 1]));     elif (m <= 30):        print(nums[m],"minutes past", nums[h]);     elif (m > 30):        print(nums[60 - m], "minutes to",              nums[(h % 12) + 1]); # Driver Codeh = 6;m = 24; printWords(h, m); # This code is contributed# by Princi Singh
// C# program to convert time into wordsusing System; class GFG{         // Print Time in words.    static void printWords(int h, int m)    {        string [] nums = { "zero", "one", "two", "three", "four",                            "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine",                            "ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen",                            "fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen",                            "eighteen", "nineteen", "twenty", "twenty one",                            "twenty two", "twenty three", "twenty four",                            "twenty five", "twenty six", "twenty seven",                            "twenty eight", "twenty nine",                        };             if (m == 0)            Console.WriteLine(nums[h] + " o' clock ");             else if (m == 1)            Console.WriteLine("one minute past " + nums[h]);             else if (m == 59)            Console.WriteLine("one minute to " +                                nums[(h % 12) + 1]);             else if (m == 15)            Console.WriteLine("quarter past " + nums[h]);             else if (m == 30)            Console.WriteLine("half past " + nums[h]);             else if (m == 45)            Console.WriteLine("quarter to " +                                nums[(h % 12) + 1]);             else if (m <= 30)            Console.WriteLine( nums[m] + " minutes past " +                                                    nums[h]);             else if (m > 30)            Console.WriteLine( nums[60 - m] + " minutes to " +                                            nums[(h % 12) + 1]);    }         // Driven code    public static void Main()    {        int h = 6;        int m = 24;        printWords(h, m);    }} // This code is contributed by ihritik
<?php// PHP program to convert// time into words // Print Time in words.function printWords($h, $m){    $nums = array("zero", "one", "two", "three", "four",                  "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine",                  "ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen",                  "fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen",                  "eighteen", "nineteen", "twenty", "twenty one",                  "twenty two", "twenty three", "twenty four",                  "twenty five", "twenty six", "twenty seven",                  "twenty eight", "twenty nine");     if ($m == 0)        echo $nums[$h],             "o' clock\n" ;     else if ($m == 1)        echo "one minute past ",                $nums[$h], "\n";     else if ($m == 59)        echo "one minute to ",             $nums[($h % 12) + 1], "\n";     else if ($m == 15)        echo "quarter past ",             $nums[$h], "\n";     else if ($m == 30)        echo "half past ",           $nums[$h],"\n";     else if ($m == 45)        echo "quarter to ",             ($nums[($h % 12) + 1]), "\n";     else if ($m <= 30)        echo $nums[$m],             " minutes past ",               $nums[$h],"\n";     else if ($m > 30)        echo $nums[60 - $m],             " minutes to ",             $nums[($h % 12) + 1], "\n";} // Driver Code$h = 6;$m = 24; printWords($h, $m); // This code is contributed by aj_36?>
<script>    // Javascript program to convert time into words         // Print Time in words.    function printWords(h, m)    {        let nums = [ "zero", "one", "two", "three", "four",                            "five", "six", "seven", "eight", "nine",                            "ten", "eleven", "twelve", "thirteen",                            "fourteen", "fifteen", "sixteen", "seventeen",                            "eighteen", "nineteen", "twenty", "twenty one",                            "twenty two", "twenty three", "twenty four",                            "twenty five", "twenty six", "twenty seven",                            "twenty eight", "twenty nine",                        ];               if (m == 0)            document.write(nums[h] + " o' clock " + "</br>");               else if (m == 1)            document.write("one minute past " + nums[h] + "</br>");               else if (m == 59)            document.write("one minute to " +                                nums[(h % 12) + 1] + "</br>");               else if (m == 15)            document.write("quarter past " + nums[h] + "</br>");               else if (m == 30)            document.write("half past " + nums[h] + "</br>");               else if (m == 45)            document.write("quarter to " + nums[(h % 12) + 1] + "</br>");               else if (m <= 30)            document.write( nums[m] + " minutes past " + nums[h] + "</br>");               else if (m > 30)            document.write( nums[60 - m] + " minutes to " + nums[(h % 12) + 1] + "</br>");    }         let h = 6;    let m = 24;    printWords(h, m);     </script>
Output :  
twenty four minutes past six
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