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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 23:42:19 -0400
Bonni,
Thanks for the AP info. The manuscript I'm working on will become a book,
so the AP recommendations may or may not apply. There seems to be a
certain amount of latitude on this issue.
Robert
> 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?
> Robert Bononno
> According to the AP Stylebook:
> "Use figures, colons, and periods as follows: 2:30:21.65 (hours, minutes,
> seconds, tenths, hundredths)."
> Bonni Graham
> Easel Corporation, ENFIN Technology Labs
> President, SDSTC
> Bonni_Graham_at_Enfin-SD -at- relay -dot- proteon -dot- com
