Question

Is it possible to change the current 24 hr format like 22:16:08 to something like 10:16:08 in mysql?
I want to change how these values are saved. Is it possible or I will just let php handle things for me?

Answer 1

Don’t change the way how these values are saved. Change the way they are output.

See TIME_FORMAT()

In your case, this would show a TIME field as 10:16:08 PM:

SELECT TIME_FORMAT(timefield, "%l:%i:%s %p") AS date_formatted;