Comment on Is there a “proper“ way to say “6:05 AM”?

bstix@feddit.dk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The correct spoken way is to say 5 past 6.

I don’t really see a reason for including the zero unless it also says all the digits at other times. Like 6:45 would be six-four-five, which makes very little sense when spoken. If it’s capable of saying six-fourtyfive, it should also just say six-five for 6:05. But again, in the case of 6:45 the proper spoken way would be “(a) quarter to seven”

It seems like a lazy solution just to say the digits.

It doesn’t have to be difficult to do right. The code should just include a small table with the correct words.

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