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* In the vast majority of circumstances, write out the full name of the month. | * In the vast majority of circumstances, write out the full name of the month. | ||
* If the date reference is within a table, chart or graphic or ancillary annotation where condensed formatting is desired, the three letter abbreviation for months is acceptable: 10 Feb 2013. | * If the date reference is within a table, chart or graphic or ancillary annotation where condensed formatting is desired, the three letter abbreviation for months is acceptable: 10 Feb 2013. | ||
== Times == | |||
* Ordinary references to specific times in a header or body paragraph should include figures for the hour and minutes (even if "00") separated by a colon: 4:00pm rather than 4pm. | |||
* Use the 12-hour clock. | |||
* Use "am" or "pm" without punctuation, with no space separating a time figure from the letters: 4:30pm rather than 4:30 pm | |||
* Colons separate hours, minutes, and (rarely required) seconds: 4:30pm. | |||
* If the time reference is within a table, chart, or graphic or ancillary annotation where condensed formatting is desired and the time is an even hour, omitting the null minute figures is acceptable: 4pm, 9am–5pm, 12–1pm. | |||
* Use figures (12:45pm) rather than words (twelve forty-five p.m.). | |||
* Do not use "o'clock", "noon", or "midnight", to reference specific times. | |||
* To express a range of time, use an en dash (–) with no space: 12:00pm–4:30pm. | |||
== Punctuation == | == Punctuation == |