Time Formats

Table 1-1 shows some of the ways to write 11:59 P.M.

Table 1-1 International Time Formats

Locale	Format
Canadian	23:59
Finnish	23.59
German	23.59 Uhr
Norwegian	Kl 23.59
Thai	11:59 PM
U.K.	11.59 PM

Time is represented by both a 12-hour clock and a 24-hour clock. The hour and minute separator can be either a colon ( : ) or a period ( . ).

Time zone splits occur between and within countries. Although a time zone can be described in terms of how many hours it is ahead of, or behind, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), this number is not always an integer. For example, Nekeybfoundland is in a time zone that is half an hour different from the adjacent time zone.

Daylight Savings Time (DST) starts and ends on different dates that can vary from country to country.