Time, Days, and Dates

Introduction
In general, guests ask about time or date regarding
any specific restaurant of the hotel. They want to
know when any specific restaurant or facility would
be available or not. In some rare occasions, guest
may have such a great time that they may get away
from everything and lost track of time or even day. In
those cases you may need to answer about time,
days, or dates.
Useful Vocabulary
Time
Dawn Morning shift

Sunrise Day shift

Morning Graveyard shift
Breakfast Time
Noon Difference
Midday O’clock
Lunch
Afternoon O’clock
Evening Hour
Sunset Christmas
Twilight Easter
Night Good Friday
Midnight
Spring Festival
Dates
While talking about Dates, ordinal numbers are to be used, as follows:

First (1st) Ninth (9th) Tenth (10th)

Fourteenth Twentieth (20th) Twenty-first

(14th) (21st)

Twenty-sixth Thirtieth (30th) Thirty-first (31st)

(26th)
Days of the Week Months of the Year
Saturday January July
Sunday February August
Monday March September
Tuesday April October
Wednesday May November
Thursday June December
Friday
Essential Phrases
Here are some time expressions that are being asked by the
guests to know about any particular day or time:
 The date is (…December first)
 Today’s date is (the first of February)
 It’s 11:15 PM
 The time is a quarter to ten.
 Pardon me, do you have the time?
 Excuse me, what’s the date today?
 Is today the (12th or 13th)?
 What time does the (…train leave)?
 What time would you like (…the reservation)?
 What time will you be (…checking in)?
 I would like to stay from (…Monday through Thursday).
 There’s a time difference of 2 hours.
 I’d better make the call in the evening.
 Is it the correct time?
 It’s 2:10 by my watch.
 That is next Sunday, isn’t it?
 Planes have to fly over the International Dateline.
 My sister will get it on January 2nd.