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[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 66 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We use the ISO-8601 date and time format, mostly. We separate the portions by points, not dashes, though. So a typical date looks like this: 2023.12.22. If we shorten it without the year, it's 12.22., or 5.12. We say it with just the numbers, without the points, and shorten "hónap" (month) to "hó". So its "5. hó 12", basically "5th mo' 12".

For time we use the 24H format, regularly even in everyday speech. If it's very clear that you are in the late afternoon or evening, you just say "6 o'clock 24" or "13 o'clock 46".

So always from bigger to smaller "powers". It's auto-sorted on most filesystems, table of contents etc. and very clear in everyday use. It's nice.

Hungary.

[-] OhmsLawn@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago

I'm so in favor of that time format, both 8601 and 24 hour.

[-] saplyng@kbin.social 10 points 11 months ago

Just to be pedantic, iso 8601 stipulates that the delimiting character is a "-" not a "."

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

That's why I said "mostly". (Points instead of dashes.)

[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

I generally prefer dates ordered from most to least prominence myself, but any ordering is better than the weird flip flopped month day then year thing we got Stateside.

Interesting that y'all say o'clock before the minutes, tho! Haven't seen that before.

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

We basically say "hour", but hour and o'clock is the very same word in my language: "óra"

[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Bit like in Dutch, actually, with the Dutch word being uur. "Het is zes uur" for six o'clock.

[-] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 5 points 11 months ago

Szoszi kérsz eladó bojlert?

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Nice date format, too bad about orban though 🤷

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months ago
[-] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Slight mixup with a polish party

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

It makes more sense now, yes. And you are absolutely right. Most Hungarians despise that piece of shit, myself included.

[-] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago

If it's very clear that you are in the late afternoon or evening, you just say "6 o'clock 24" or "13 o'clock 46".

Isn't 6 o'clock 24 in the morning?

[-] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

When it's obvious that you are talking about the evening, like it's winter, dark, and you are walking on the street and somebody asks what time it is, you just say 6 o'clock/hour 24.

[-] AnneBonny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago

Thank you for explaining.

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