Crystal reports convert number to time value

Hi,
I have a field which is stored in numeric format for time.
The field can be 3 or 4 digits field.
I want to display this fields as the time field.
For example,
900 9:00 AM
1000 10:00 AM
1600 16:00 AM
Please reply.Thanks.

Hi Saurabh,
Try the below formula
StringVar sMyTime := ToText({your_numeric_column}, 0, "");
IF Len(sMyTime) = 3 Then
cTime(sMyTime[1] & ":" & sMyTime[2 to 3] & " " & "AM"
else IF Len(sMyTime) = 4 Then
cTime(sMyTime[1 to 2] & ":" & sMyTime[3 to 4] & " " & "AM"
--Naga

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