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English for Tourism & Hospitality (108) by Prof. Adel AlSheikh 2020/2021

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Learn how to write the hours from midnight until
noon in military time.

How to write the hours from midnight until noon in
military time, you just have to add a zero before the hour
and two zeros afterward. 1 a.m. is 0100 hours, 2 a.m. is
0200 hours, 3 a.m. is 0300 hours, and so on. When you
reach the two digit numbers, 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., just
write 1000 hours for ten a.m. and 1100 hours for 11 a.m.
Here are a few more examples:
 4 a.m. is 0400 hours.
 5 a.m. is 0500 hours.
 6 a.m. is 0600 hours.
 7 a.m. is 0700 hours.
 8 a.m. is 0800 hours.

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Learn how to write the hours from noon until
midnight in military time.

Things get a bit trickier as the hours ascend from noon
until midnight. In military time, you don't start a new
twelve-hour cycle after noon, but you continue to count
beyond 1200 instead. Therefore, 1 p.m. becomes 1300
hours, 2 p.m. becomes 1400 hours, 3 p.m. becomes 1500

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