Comment on Is there a “proper“ way to say “6:05 AM”?
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 11 months agoI believe you only say the hundred if the time ends in 00
Comment on Is there a “proper“ way to say “6:05 AM”?
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 11 months agoI believe you only say the hundred if the time ends in 00
otp@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
And with numbers in general, I think you only say the “and” if it’s “and one”. 605 would be “six hundred five”, I think.
HamSwagwich@showeq.com 11 months ago
Generally speaking US military time vernacular never uses the word “and” because it’s superfluous and confusing.
The idea is to condense the information into the smallest transmissible unit possible while eliminating any ambiguity.
“Oh six oh five” would be how you say it. The leading “oh” is to disambiguate a transmission dropout or interference with “sixteen.” It adds a checksum bit, if you will.