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Writing clock times The construction 4 o'clock is acceptable, but 4 p.m. is preferable.

Use numbers for times, except for noon and midnight, use a colon to separate hours and minutes and do not use ciphers (double zeros) with whole hours.

AM and PM are common and everyone understands they are abbreviations. If you put a period after each letter, that's a total of four characters. When writing a single-digit hour such as a.m., that's the same number of characters as the time itself and is too much real estate for the task at hand.

In addition, when writing the times pm, pm, etc., it is perfectly acceptable to omit the zeroes and write 1 pm, 2 pm, instead. Finally, note that while in the US we use a 12-hour clock, some countries use a 24-hour clock, or military time.

There are also several ways to write AM and PM, including: ALL CAPS, small caps, or lower case (e.g., 12 AM, 12 AM, or 12 am) With or without periods between the letters (e.g., 8 PM or 8 P.M.) With or without a space after the number (e.g., 1 AM or 1AM)

Lowercase with periods: 10 a.m., 10 p.m. Each of these?including ?am? and ?pm??is a legitimate choice.

You can write the time of day using either words or numerals. If you are using numerals, you would usually include both hours and minutes, although you can omit the minutes in less formal writing. For instance, all the following would be acceptable: She gets up at six in the morning every day.

In addition, when writing the times pm, pm, etc., it is perfectly acceptable to omit the zeroes and write 1 pm, 2 pm, instead. Finally, note that while in the US we use a 12-hour clock, some countries use a 24-hour clock, or military time.