Ten minutes past six.
It is: ten to eight
10:15
10 minutes past one
Ten past ten on a clock face has the hands balanced symmetrically on either side of the 12. Other times would also do this: quarter-past nine, for example, or twenty past eight. But ten ten looks best for display.
A time
ten past ten!
Ten minutes past six.
It is: ten to eight
4:10
2:10
10:15
40 minutes
10 minutes past one
one past ten
Ten minutes to two
Ten past ten on a clock face has the hands balanced symmetrically on either side of the 12. Other times would also do this: quarter-past nine, for example, or twenty past eight. But ten ten looks best for display.