Telling the time
(What time is it?)

Time

12 hour

24 hour

Method A

(am / pm)

Method B

(in the morning, in the afternoon, in the evening)

Written only

Military

13:00

It's 1:00 (pm).
= It's one.

It's 1 o' clock (in the afternoon).

It's 13:00.

It's thirteen hundred hours.

13:04

It's 1:04.
= It's one o' four.

It's 4 (minutes) past one.

It's 13:04.

It's thirteen hundred o' four hours.

13:10

It's 1:10.
= It's one ten.

It's 10 past one.

It's 13:10.

It's thirteen ten hours.

13:15

It's 1:15.
= It's one fifteen.

It's a quarter past one.

It's 13:15.

It's thirteen fifteen hours.

07:20

It's 7:20 (am).
= It's seven twenty.

It's 20 past 7 (in the morning).

It's 07:20.

It's zero seven twenty hours.

07:30

It's 7:30.
= It's seven thirty.

It's half past 7.

It's 07:30.

It's zero seven thirty hours.

07:40

It's 7:40.
= It's seven forty.

It's 20 (minutes) to 8.

It's 07:40.

It's zero seven forty hours.

07:45

It's 7:45.
= It's seven forty-five.

It's a quarter to 8.

It's 07:45.

It's zero seven forty five hours.

22:00

It's 10:00 (pm).
= It's ten.

It's ten o' clock (in the evening).

It's 22:00.

It's twenty two hundred hours.