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Subject:Re: Punctuation in 24 hour system (fwd) From:Bonni Graham <Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- RELAY -dot- PROTEON -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 14 Oct 1993 09:29:00 EST
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Does anyone know the preferred way to punctuate 24-hour time when you need
to include seconds. Chicago recommends using no punctuation, as in 0900
for 9:00 a.m., but says nothing about seconds. What if you want to write
something like 09:21:34?
Robert Bononno
According to the AP Stylebook:
"Use figures, colons, and periods as follows: 2:30:21.65 (hours, minutes,
seconds, tenths, hundredths)."
Bonni Graham
Easel Corporation, ENFIN Technology Labs
President, SDSTC
Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- relay -dot- proteon -dot- com
