diff --git a/lang/en/attendance.php b/lang/en/attendance.php
index 57a3977..210f821 100644
--- a/lang/en/attendance.php
+++ b/lang/en/attendance.php
@@ -267,11 +267,12 @@ $string['status'] = 'Status';
 $string['statuses'] = 'Statuses';
 $string['statusdeleted'] = 'Status deleted';
 $string['statusset'] = 'Status set {$a}';
-$string['strftimedm'] = '%d.%m';
-$string['strftimedmy'] = '%d.%m.%Y';
-$string['strftimedmyhm'] = '%d.%m.%Y %H.%M'; // Line added to allow multiple sessions in the same day.
-$string['strftimedmyw'] = '%d.%m.%y (%a)';
-$string['strftimehm'] = '%H:%M'; // Line added to allow display of time.
+$string['strftimedm'] = '%h %d';
+$string['strftimedmy'] = '%d %h %Y';
+$string['strftimedmyhm'] = '%d %h %Y %I.%M%P'; // Line added to allow multiple sessions in the same day.
+$string['strftimedmyw'] = '<nobr>%a %d %h %Y</nobr>';
+$string['strftimeh'] = '%l%P';
+$string['strftimehm'] = '%l:%M%P';
 $string['strftimeshortdate'] = '%d.%m.%Y';
 $string['studentid'] = 'Student ID';
 $string['summary'] = 'Summary';
diff --git a/renderer.php b/renderer.php
index 315f536..de419b8 100644
--- a/renderer.php
+++ b/renderer.php
@@ -387,8 +387,8 @@ class mod_attendance_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
     private function construct_take_session_info(attendance_take_data $takedata) {
         $sess = $takedata->sessioninfo;
         $date = userdate($sess->sessdate, get_string('strftimedate'));
-        $starttime = userdate($sess->sessdate, get_string('strftimehm', 'attendance'));
-        $endtime = userdate($sess->sessdate + $sess->duration, get_string('strftimehm', 'attendance'));
+        $starttime = attendance_strftimehm($sess->sessdate);
+        $endtime = attendance_strftimehm($sess->sessdate + $sess->duration);
         $time = html_writer::tag('nobr', $starttime . ($sess->duration > 0 ? ' - ' . $endtime : ''));
         $sessinfo = $date.' '.$time;
         $sessinfo .= html_writer::empty_tag('br');
@@ -485,9 +485,8 @@ class mod_attendance_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
 
             $options = array();
             foreach ($takedata->sessions4copy as $sess) {
-                $start = userdate($sess->sessdate, get_string('strftimehm', 'attendance'));
-                $end = $sess->duration ? ' - '.userdate($sess->sessdate + $sess->duration,
-                                                        get_string('strftimehm', 'attendance')) : '';
+                $start = attendance_strftimehm($sess->sessdate);
+                $end = $sess->duration ? ' - '.attendance_strftimehm($sess->sessdate + $sess->duration) : '';
                 $options[$sess->id] = $start . $end;
             }
             $select = new single_select($takedata->url(array(), array('copyfrom')), 'copyfrom', $options);
@@ -1153,7 +1152,7 @@ class mod_attendance_renderer extends plugin_renderer_base {
             foreach ($reportdata->sessions as $sess) {
                 $sesstext = userdate($sess->sessdate, get_string('strftimedm', 'attendance'));
                 $sesstext .= html_writer::empty_tag('br');
-                $sesstext .= userdate($sess->sessdate, '('.get_string('strftimehm', 'attendance').')');
+                $sesstext .= attendance_strftimehm($sess->sessdate);
                 $capabilities = array(
                     'mod/attendance:takeattendances',
                     'mod/attendance:changeattendances'
diff --git a/renderhelpers.php b/renderhelpers.php
index bf07176..780fb6b 100644
--- a/renderhelpers.php
+++ b/renderhelpers.php
@@ -217,9 +217,19 @@ class user_sessions_cells_text_generator extends user_sessions_cells_generator {
     }
 }
 
+// Used to print simple time - 1am instead of 1:00am
+function attendance_strftimehm($time) {
+    $mins = userdate($time, '%M');
+    if ($mins == '00') {
+        return userdate($time, get_string('strftimeh', 'attendance'));
+    } else {
+        return userdate($time, get_string('strftimehm', 'attendance'));
+    }
+}
+
 function construct_session_time($datetime, $duration) {
-    $starttime = userdate($datetime, get_string('strftimehm', 'attendance'));
-    $endtime = userdate($datetime + $duration, get_string('strftimehm', 'attendance'));
+    $starttime = attendance_strftimehm($datetime);
+    $endtime = attendance_strftimehm($datetime + $duration);
 
     return $starttime . ($duration > 0 ? ' - ' . $endtime : '');
 }
diff --git a/student_attendance_form.php b/student_attendance_form.php
index c8fc1ca..3e445ae 100644
--- a/student_attendance_form.php
+++ b/student_attendance_form.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class mod_attendance_student_attendance_form extends moodleform {
 
         // Set a title as the date and time of the session.
         $sesstiontitle = userdate($attforsession->sessdate, get_string('strftimedate')).' '
-                .userdate($attforsession->sessdate, get_string('strftimehm', 'mod_attendance'));
+                .attendance_strftimehm($attforsession->sessdate);
 
         $mform->addElement('header', 'session', $sesstiontitle);