User:Alice/Kitchen/tdf

When giving times and dates, such as for opening and closing times of attractions, restaurants and bars, use the following formats:-

Times
Use the 24 hour clock.

Give times in the local time zone. <!-- Always show two digits for the hour and two digits for minutes using a colon as the separator; eg:, not 09.00 nor 09-00 and not just 09 and never 09:0 or 9:00.

Time ranges use a hyphen as the separator between the two times and are unspaced; eg:

Where an establishment does not close on a particular day or range of days, write, not 00:00-24:00. If the establishment doesn't close all week:

Days of the week
Abbreviate to the minimum number of letters for clarity: M Tu W Th F Sa Su, especially in listings, but
 * spell out if it looks odd or ambiguous in a particular context or when it is part of a named day, eg: "", "".
 * a range of days is shown with a hyphen: eg: specifies Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday and Thursday.
 * spaces should be left out, eg: not M - F or M thru F.
 * also include the dash for a pair of consecutive days, eg: not Su M.
 * for a list of days that are not in a range, separate the day abbreviations with commas; eg: when a shop is open on Monday, Wednesday and Friday but closed on Tuesdays and Thursdays write
 * when combining days or months with time, put the months first, then days and finally the times eg: rather than 10:00-14:00 M-F May-Sep.
 * when listing alternative ranges (for example, seasonal opening hours) separate the alternatives with a semi-colon eg:
 * for all seven days, use . Do not use "every day" or "Su-Sa".

Dates
Use the date format of dd mm yyyy, eg:.

Abbreviate months to three letters: Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec, especially in listings, but


 * if it looks odd or ambiguous in a particular context, spell it out.
 * avoid using dates such as 10/1/03, 10-1-03 or 10/1/2003 as this can mean 10 Jan 2003 or 1 Oct 2003 to different people!


 * By default, years are numbered according to the Western Dionysian era (also referred to as the Common Era) and the year is assumed to be AD (or CE).
 * This means that in the phrase "", it is unnecessary to write either "Queen Victoria died in 1901 AD" or "Queen Victoria died in 1901 CE".
 * For years earlier than 1 (AD or CE), that year is followed by the two letters (written in upper case, unspaced, without periods or full stops, and separated from the year number by a non-breaking space:" " rather than a simple space).


 * To indicate approximately, use the un-italicized abbreviation "c. " (followed by a non-breaking space) rather than circa, ca., or approx.
 * Eg: ""

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Duration
Abbreviate especially in listings, but spell out if it looks odd or ambiguous in a particular context.
 * year or years to yr
 * month or months to mo
 * week or weeks to wk
 * hour or hours to hr
 * minutes to min