How to Read the Clock

05.00
Britans style : It is five O’clock
American style : It is five O’clock
06.05
Britans style : It is five past six
American style : It is six five
07.10
Britans style : It is ten past seven
American style : It is seven ten
08.15
Britans style : It is a quarter past eight
American style : It is eight fifteen
09.20
Britans style : It is twenty past nine
American style : It is nine twenty
10.25
Britans style : It is twenty five past ten
American style : It is ten twenty five
11.30
Britans style : It is half past eleven
American style : It is eleven thirty
12.35
Britans style : It is thirty five past twelve
American style : It is twelve thirty five
01.40
Britans style : It is twenty to two
American style : It is one fourty
02.45
Britans style : It is a quarter to three
American style : It is two fourty five
03.50
Britans style : It is ten (minutes) to four
American style : It is three fifty
04.55
Britans style : It is five (minutes) to five
American style : It is four fifty five
07.06
Britans style : It is six minutes past seven
American style : It is seven six
10.51
Britans style : It is fifty one minutes past ten
American style : It is ten fifty one
AM and PM are the time formats used to determine day and night in one day. This format is
commonly used in America and Europe. This Indonesian time format is not used because it only
uses the 24 hour time format. We should discuss the matter of conventional hours, which is only
up to number 12, whereas in one day there are 24 hours. To distinguish it is divided into 2
periods, namely 12 noon and 12 pm.

1. a.m. increase from the ante means before midday that is before noon.
a.m. from 12.00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m. or before noon.

2. night stands for post meridiem means after midday that is after noon.
the afternoon starts from 12:00 noon to 11:59 a.m. or after noon.

Example:
1. At 6 am = 6.00 in the morning
2. At 5 p.m = 5.00 p.m.
3. At 11am = 11.00 a.m.
4. At 2 PM = 2.00 p.m.
5. At 4 p.m. = 4.00 p.m
6. At 7 pm = 7.00 p.m.
7. 9:00 p.m. = 9:00 p.m.
8. At 7 am = 7.00 a.m.
9. 9 o'clock at night = 9:00 p.m.
10. At 10am = 10:00 a.m.