What time is it? - Che Ore sono?

12 = o'clock                 3= quarter            6= half                   9=  quarter

The left hand side of the clock 31” – 59” (minutes)	The right hand side of the clock 1” – 30” (minutes)
FORMULA: Minutes (missing to the new hour) + to + Hour (new hour)	FORMULA: Minutes (actual minutes) + Past + Hour (actual hour)

12:00 A.M. - 11:59 A.M. = In the morning

12:00 P.M. - 17:59 P.M. = In the afternoon

18:00 - 20:59 = In the evening

21:00 - 23:59= At night

12:00 A.M.  24:00   0:00 Midnight

12:00 P.M. Midday / Noon

 

EXAMPLE:

HOUR	LONG FORMAT	DIRECT and Short
8:45	Quarter to nine in the morning	Eight forty-five A.M.
11:08	Eight past eleven in the morning	Eleven o eight A.M.
12:00 P.M.	Twelve o’clock in the afternoon	Noon
15:15	Quarter past three in the afternoon	Three fifteen P.M.
18:54	Six to seven in the evening	Six fifty-four P.M.
21:30	Half past nine	Nine thirty P.M.
12:00 A.M.	Twelve o’clock in the morning	Midnight
3:25	Twenty-five past three in the morning	Three twenty-five A.M.