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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!ox-prg!oxuniv!wilcox
  2. From: wilcox@vax.oxford.ac.uk
  3. Newsgroups: alt.usage.english
  4. Subject: Re: right time
  5. Message-ID: <1992Jul29.142551.7886@vax.oxford.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 29 Jul 92 13:25:51 GMT
  7. References: <Brr6t4.83F@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <SLAGLE.92Jul21232846@sgi417.msd.lmsc.lockheed.c <glen.712359608@cs.wisc.edu>
  8. Organization: Oxford University VAXcluster
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  11. In article <glen.712359608@cs.wisc.edu>, glen@slate.cs.wisc.edu (Glen Ecklund) writes:
  12. > Also note that in the U.S. we always use a colon, e.g. "6:45", never "6.45".
  13. > I understand that both are used Down Under.  Is that right?
  14. > The period makes it look decimal to me.
  15.  
  16. Hmmmm..... Always? That looks like a sweeping generalisation to me.
  17. FWIW, the following are all used in the UK:
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  20. 6:45      6.45          6 45           6-45          0645  
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  23. Stephen Wilcox             |   Remember what happened to the dinosaurs!
  24. wilcox@maths.oxford.ac.uk  |    I did---and look what happened to me.
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