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Subject:Re: Punctuation in 24 hour system (fwd) From:Robert Bononno <bononno -at- ACF2 -dot- NYU -dot- EDU> Date:Thu, 14 Oct 1993 23:38:28 -0400
Len,
Thanks for the info. I don't need to go any further than seconds in my
scheme. Fortunately.
Robert Bononno
> >
> > 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?
> >
> Well, this isn't a style point I suppose, but we support formats that
> produce 24 hour time just as you've done
> hh:mm:ss
> The formats we support also allow for fractions of a second, as in
> hh:mm:ss.ss
> so if you have a very precise watch, it might really be 09:21:34.00982.
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