Ways to tell the time in English vary somewhat from country to country, and within countries as well.
In the UK and Ireland 8:30 can be half past eight or half eight. The half eight form is not used in other English-speaking countries.
In some parts of the USA people say quarter after eight to mean 8:15, while elsewhere they say quarter past eight. Similarly half after eight = 8:30 in some parts of the USA, while they say half past eight or eight thirty elsewhere.
There various ways to say 8:45 - quarter of nine is used in some areas of the USA, and quarter til nine, quarter to nine, or eight forty-five in others.
The hundred hours system is only used in military contexts.
The times on the left are shown first in the 24-hour clock. In the UK and Ireland this is used mainly in timetables, e.g. for trains and buses. The 24-hour time system is not used in the USA and Canada, except in specialist areas, such as the military, aviation, navigation, computing, astronomy, and logistics.
| Time | English |
|---|---|
| 00:00 12am |
Midnight Twelve am Zero hundred hours |
| 00:15 12:15am |
Quarter past midnight Quarter past twelve (in the morning) Quarter after twelve (in the morning) Twelve fifteen Zero zero fifteen hours |
| 00:30 12:30am |
Half past midnight Half midnight Twelve thirty Zero zero thirty hours |
| 00:45 12:45am |
Quarter to one (in the morning) Quarter til one Quarter before one Quarter of one Twelve forty-five Zero zero forty-five hours |
| 01:00 1am |
One o'clock (in the morning) One am Zero one hundred hours |
| 01:15 1:15am |
Quarter past one (in the morning) Quarter after one (in the morning) One fifteen (in the morning) One fifteen (am) Zero one fifteen hours |
| 01:30 1:30am |
Half past one (in the morning) Half one (in the morning) One thirty (am / in the morning) Zero one thirty hours |
| 01:45 1:45am |
Quarter to two (in the morning) Quarter til two (in the morning) Quarter of two (in the morning) One forty-five (am / in the morning) Zero one forty-five hours |
| 02:00 2am |
Two o'clock (in the morning) Two am Zero two hundred hours |
| 08:00 8am |
Eight o'clock (in the morning) Eight am Zero eight hundred hours |
| 12:00 12pm |
Twelve o'clock Twelve pm Midday Twelve hundred hours |
| 13:00 1pm |
One pm One o'clock ( in the afternoon) Thirteen hundred hours |
| 13:15 1:15pm |
Quarter past one (in the afternoon) Quarter after one (in the afternoon) One fifteen (in the afternoon) One fifteen pm Thirteen fifteen hours |
| 13:30 1:30pm |
Half past one (in the afternoon) Half one (in the afternoon) One thirty (in the afternoon) One thirty pm Thirteen thirty hours |
| 13:45 1:45pm |
Quarter to two (in the afternoon) One forty-five pm Quarter til two Quarter of two Thirteen forty-five hours |
| 14:00 2pm |
Two o'clock (in the afternoon) Two pm Fourteen hundred hours |
| 18:00 6pm |
Six o'clock (in the evening) Six pm Eighteen hundred hours |
| 20:00 8pm |
Eight o'clock (in the evening / at night) Eight pm Twenty hundred hours |
| 23:00 11pm |
Eleven o'clock (in the evening / at night) Eleven pm Twenty-three hundred hours |
| 23:45 11:45pm |
Quarter to midnight Quarter til midnight Quarter of midnight Eleven forty-five Eleven forty-five pm Eleven forty-five at night Twenty-three forty-five hours |
https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/time
https://www.easypacelearning.com/all-lessons/learning-english-level-1/1411-telling-the-time-basics-tell-the-time-in-british-and-american-english
https://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Military-Time
Information about the 24-hour time system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock
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