'Half past one' is the time.
However, to specify whether it is 'am' or 'pm'
We would write
1:30 am , which is the 'middle of the night.
or
1:30 pm , which just past lunch time in the middle of the day.
'am/pm' is the initials of the Latin phrase 'Ante/Post Meridian' , which means 'before/after noon'.
On the '24' hour clock
1:30 am is 0130 hours
1:30 pm is 1330 hours.
On the 24 hour clock, the first two numbers range from '0' to '23'. (Hours)
The second two numbers range from '0 to 59' ( minutes).
NB There is no such time as '0000' nor ' 2400' on the 24 hour clock , as it is exactly midnight, but which/day/date? So it is never used.
It refers to the time of day. 01:30 or 13:30
Half past 1:30 is 2 o'clock
1:15
'Thirty minutes past the given hour. Or more rarely, 30 minutes to the next given hour. NB 'Quarter past ' means 15 minutes past the given hours. The miniute hand is at '3' on the clock dial 'Quarter to' means 15 minutes to the next given hour. The minute hand is at '9' on the clock dial. ' o'clock ' as in seven o'clock, means 'seven hours of the clock'. The minute hand is at '12' and the hours hand is at '7'.
Half past 1 refers to the time that is 30 minutes after 1:00, which is 1:30. In a 12-hour clock format, it indicates that it is halfway between 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock. This term can be used to describe both morning and afternoon times, such as 1:30 AM or 1:30 PM.
It refers to the time of day. 01:30 or 13:30
The time of half an hour past one o'clock same as half an hour before 2 o'clock 01:30 or 13:30 1:30 am or 1:30 pm
What is the time half past 4 ( pm )
30 minutes after the hour. "Its half past 1." it's 1:30!
It can't be half past and a quarter to 5 at the same time. I assume the answer is 5.30 for half past 5, and 4.45 for quarter to 5.
Half past 1:30 is 2 o'clock
Half past noon is 12:30pm, or 1230 hrs in military time Half past midnight is 12:30am, or 0030 hrs in military time.
1:15
5:30. When referring to time, "half past" means 30 minutes into the hour. For example, half past 3 is 3:30.
3:30
'Thirty minutes past the given hour. Or more rarely, 30 minutes to the next given hour. NB 'Quarter past ' means 15 minutes past the given hours. The miniute hand is at '3' on the clock dial 'Quarter to' means 15 minutes to the next given hour. The minute hand is at '9' on the clock dial. ' o'clock ' as in seven o'clock, means 'seven hours of the clock'. The minute hand is at '12' and the hours hand is at '7'.
7.30 / half past 7