Timeline for How do you denote date and time in written English?
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| Jul 25, 2017 at 17:48 | comment | added | user205876 | If you are e-mailing or texting, use a format that can be picked up correctly by a calendar application. So the 24h format or am/pm can helpful. | |
| Feb 16, 2017 at 11:53 | history | protected | tchrist♦ | ||
| Feb 16, 2017 at 5:19 | answer | added | Mrs. Robinson's cousin | timeline score: -1 | |
| Jun 5, 2014 at 20:31 | answer | added | choster | timeline score: 2 | |
| Jun 5, 2014 at 15:56 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | You really should use small caps, so 1:15 ᴀᴍ or 4:45 ᴘᴍ. | |
| May 16, 2014 at 15:03 | comment | added | MrHen | Very related: english.stackexchange.com/questions/420/… | |
| May 6, 2014 at 14:43 | answer | added | Dan | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 6, 2014 at 11:59 | comment | added | deed02392 | As @ErikKowal says, you meet on a day on the calendar, at a position of clock hands. I hope that helps you remember which is correct to use. | |
| May 6, 2014 at 11:58 | comment | added | oerkelens | 09:45 can be written as "quarter to ten", by the way :) | |
| May 6, 2014 at 11:57 | comment | added | oerkelens | As for the space between "a." and "m.": that is never a good idea. Your wiki-quote mentions a space between "a.m." and the number, not between the separate parts of "a.m." :) | |
| May 6, 2014 at 11:53 | history | edited | Martin Thoma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 6, 2014 at 9:39 | comment | added | Erik Kowal | @moose - You meet ON a given day AT a particular time. (Your usage is inconsistent.) | |
| May 3, 2014 at 20:21 | comment | added | Martin Thoma | @DanSheppard: this is exactly what i wanted to know! | |
| May 3, 2014 at 20:04 | comment | added | Dan | In British English the 24-hour clock is quite common, both with and without the colon, in writing (but not speech). Your question is highly locale and context specific, but working as I do in a scientific institute in Britain I would naturally write "on Wednesday, 28th May at 1400" at work. I'd not use this form if I anticipate an international audience, as the 24hour clock is treated as very strange at least in the US "Wednesday, 28th May, 2pm". It would also be too impersonal for friends, where I'd write "Wednesday, 28th May at two o'clock". Know your audience! | |
| May 3, 2014 at 15:05 | comment | added | Henry | It is a matter of personal style. I would say "Could we meet on Wednesday 28 May at 1:45pm?" and I would expect to be understood. | |
| May 3, 2014 at 13:57 | history | asked | Martin Thoma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |