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Ruby program to get the Meridian indicator using strftime() method

Last Updated : December 15, 2025

Problem Solution

In this program, we will get the current meridian indicator using the strftime() method of Time class and print the result.

Program/Source Code

The source code to get the Meridian indicator using the strftime() method is given below. The given program is compiled and executed successfully.

# Ruby program to get the Meridian indicator 
# using strftime() method

time = Time.new();
MeridianIndicator = time.strftime("%p");

print "Current Meridian indicator is: ",MeridianIndicator;

Output

Current Meridian indicator is: AM

Explanation

In the above program, we created the object of the Time class. Then we get the current meridian indicator using the strftime() method with "%p" as an argument and printed the result.

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