Dates and times

Dates

• dates: 18 September 2018, or 18 Sep 2018 in tables or where space is an issue
• date ranges: 2012 to 2018 (do not use a dash)
• financial years or school years: 2017/18
• 18 September 2018, not September 18 2018

Times

• use the 12-hour clock instead of the 24-hour clock, for example, 7.30pm not 19:30hrs
• use a full stop to separate hours and minutes instead of a colon, for example, 9.15pm not 9:15pm
• use am and pm with hours in numbers only not spelt out, for example, 9am not nine am, but nine o’clock
• do not include zero minutes with hours unless necessary, for example, 9am not 9.00am, but 9.15am
• write 12 noon or 12 midnight (with a space) not 12pm or 12am
• for time ranges use 9am to 4pm (do not use a dash)

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