diff --git a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/InputReader.java b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/InputReader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..554a794
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/InputReader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package io.zipcoder;
+
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+public class InputReader {
+
+    public  String hourRegex(String input ) {
+        String hours = null;
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("\\d*");
+        Matcher m = pattern.matcher(input);
+        if(m.find()) {
+            hours = m.group(0);
+        }
+        return hours;
+    }
+
+    public String minuteRegex(String input){
+        String minutes = null;
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile(":\\d+");
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
+        if(matcher.find()){
+            minutes = matcher.group(0);
+        }
+        minutes = minutes.substring(1);
+        return minutes;
+    }
+
+    public String amPmRegex(String input){
+        String amPm = null;
+        Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("[p|a]m", Pattern.CASE_INSENSITIVE);
+        Matcher matcher = pattern.matcher(input);
+        if(matcher.find()){
+            amPm = matcher.group(0);
+        }
+        return amPm;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Problem6.java b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Problem6.java
index 4ee4e64..1b24bab 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Problem6.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/zipcoder/Problem6.java
@@ -1,4 +1,76 @@
 package io.zipcoder;
 
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
 public class Problem6 {
+
+    InputReader inputTime = new InputReader();
+
+    public String hourTable(String hour){
+        HashMap<String, String> hourMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        hourMap.put("0", "Zero Zero");
+        hourMap.put("1", "Zero One Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("2", "Zero Two Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("3","Zero Three Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("4", "Zero Four Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("5", "Zero Five Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("6", "Zero Six Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("7", "Zero Seven Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("8", "Zero Eight Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("9", "Zero Nine Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("10", "Ten Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("11", "Eleven Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("12", "Twelve Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("13", "Thirteen Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("14", "Fourteen Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("15", "Fifteen Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("16", "Sixteen Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("17", "Seventeen Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("18", "Eighteen Hundred");
+        hourMap.put("19", "Nineteen Hundred");
+
+        String hourTxt = hourMap.get(hour);
+        return hourTxt;
+    }
+
+    public String minutesTable(String minute){
+        HashMap<String, String> minutesMap = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        minutesMap.put("01", "Zero One");
+        minutesMap.put("02", "Zero Two");
+        minutesMap.put("03", "Zero Three");
+        minutesMap.put("11", "Eleven");
+        minutesMap.put("30", "Thirty");
+        minutesMap.put("22", "Twenty Two");
+
+        String minuteTxt = minutesMap.get(minute);
+        return minuteTxt;
+    }
+
+    public String inputHour(String input){
+        String hour = inputTime.hourRegex(input);
+        String hourVariable = hourTable(hour);
+        return hourVariable;
+    }
+
+    public String inputMinute(String input){
+        String minute = inputTime.minuteRegex(input);
+        String minuteVariable = minutesTable(minute);
+        return minuteVariable;
+    }
+
+
+    public String timeIntoWords(String input)throws NumberFormatException{
+        if (inputTime.minuteRegex(input).equals("00") ){
+            String minutesZero = inputHour(input) + " Hours";
+            return minutesZero;
+        }
+        else{
+            String minutesNotZero = inputHour(input) + " and " + inputMinute(input) + " Hours";
+            return minutesNotZero;
+
+        }
+    }
+
 }
+
+
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/Problem6Test.java b/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/Problem6Test.java
index d262e88..d90c5b0 100644
--- a/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/Problem6Test.java
+++ b/src/test/java/io/zipcoder/Problem6Test.java
@@ -1,4 +1,38 @@
 package io.zipcoder;
 
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
 public class Problem6Test {
+    InputReader problem = new InputReader();
+    Problem6 main = new Problem6();
+    String input = "12:30am";
+
+    @Test
+    public void hourRegexTest(){
+        String expected = "12";
+        String actual = problem.hourRegex(input);
+        Assert.assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void minutesRegexTest(){
+        String expected = "30";
+        String actual = problem.minuteRegex(input);
+        Assert.assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void amPmRegexTest(){
+        String expected = "am";
+        String actual = problem.amPmRegex(input);
+        Assert.assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void militaryTimeInWords(){
+        String expected = "Eleven Hundred and Thirty Hours";
+        String actual = main.timeIntoWords("9:30am");
+        Assert.assertEquals(expected, actual);
+    }
 }