From: fizzbintuesday@that-google-mail-domain.com   
      
   The last line is the thing I want to point out. It's a single equation   
   that converts the hour from 24-hour format to 12-hour format. I'm sure   
   this would run faster than an IF statement and more so if the IF was   
   followed by a GOTO. In the past I have used IF because I hadn't thought   
   of doing it all in arithmetic. But I don't see a way to avoid the IF   
   that chooses am and pm.   
      
   set tm=%time%   
   set hr=%tm:~0,2%   
   if %hr% LSS 12 (set AMPM=am) else (set AMPM=pm)   
   set /a hr=hr%%12 + !hr*12 + !(hr-12)*12   
      
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