That's the way time is written in some parts of the world.
A colon.
You can separate them with a colon, like this 12:32 Which would best represent a time. Or 12h 32m for a time period.
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a colon
A colon is used between the number of a ratio. (A colon is also used to separate the digits of a sexagesimal (base 60) number used to represent seconds (or minutes) since midnight, ie the time of day.)
A colon.
Why not? It separates hours from minutes. Would you prefer asterisks or what?
A colon.
9:59 and 10:01 are separated by only 2 minutes.
On a digital clock, seventeen minutes would be displayed as 17:00. The first two digits represent the hours, which would be 17 in this case. The colon separates the hours from the minutes. Since the minutes are 17, they would be displayed as 17 after the colon.
The : symbol is called a colon.
In the United States and many other countries, a colon is used to separate minutes from hours, as in 3:05.
Two dots separate the hour and minutes and it is also called a colon. colon
On a digital clock, twenty-five to five is shown as 4:35. The hour hand points to the 4, representing 4 o'clock, while the minute hand is on the 7th minute mark, indicating 35 minutes. The colon between the hour and minute digits separates the hours and minutes on a digital clock display.
A 24 hour clock depicts the hour of the day followed by the number of minutes past that hour in the format hh:mm Twenty to four would be displayed in one of two ways depending on whether it is AM or PM for AM it would be 03:40 for PM it would be 15:40
The colon (:) is used to separate the hour from the minutes when writing down time. For example, 3:30 indicates 3 hours and 30 minutes.
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.