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That's the way time is written in some parts of the world.

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Q: Why is a colon used to separate hours and minutes on a digital clock?
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What separates the hours from minutes on a digital clock?

A colon.


Why is there a colon between the two numbers on a digital clock?

Why not? It separates hours from minutes. Would you prefer asterisks or what?


Ignoring the colon in a digital clock which two times that are palindromes are closest to each other?

9:59 and 10:01 are separated by only 2 minutes.


What is used to separate the minutes and hours?

A colon.


What are the two dots on a digital clock face called?

The : symbol is called a colon.


What mark sperates the hour and the minutes when one is writing down time?

Two dots separate the hour and minutes and it is also called a colon. colon


What punctuation mark is used to separate minutes from hours when used in statements of time?

In the United States and many other countries, a colon is used to separate minutes from hours, as in 3:05.


What is a colon in writing terms?

A colon in writing is a punctuation mark (:) used to introduce a list, explanation, or quotation. It is also used to separate hours from minutes in time notation.


Why does the colon of an alarm clock flash?

Because digital clocks don't have second hands, the flashing colons imitate it instead. Count how many there are in 1 minute, you should get 60.


How do you set the clock for a 1995 Pontiac Grand Am?

My 95 truck then you press and hold the hour button. Then when the Colon between the hours and minutes flashes you can press the hour or minutes to add 1 to whichever column


How do you write hours and minutes?

You can separate them with a colon, like this 12:32 Which would best represent a time. Or 12h 32m for a time period.


What does the colon on a clock mean?

The colon on digital clocks is the divider between dissimilar segments of time rather than a standard decimal system. 12:30 represents 12 hours and 30 minute. In decimal form that would be represented as 12.50 because 30 minutes is really one half of an hour. Imagine how difficult this could be trying to arrange a meeting. What time would you show up for a meeting at 12.50? I believe I'd be there 30 minutes after 12 noon rather than 10 minutes before 1 in the afternoon.