L'heure officielle

Official time “formal language”

Introduction

Il est trois heures et quart.

It is a quarter past three p.m.

Il est quinze heures quinze.

It is three fifteen p.m.

In informal discussion, we use « current time »

To be more specific we use « official time » (formal language)

	heure officielle:	heure courante:
	Time (in formal situation)	current time
15h00	Il est quinze heures	Il est trois heures
	It is three o’clock p.m.	It is three o’clock.
15h05	Il est quinze heures cinq
	It is three O-five p.m.
15h10	Il est quinze heures dix
	It is three ten p.m.
15h15	Il est quinze heures quinze	Il est trois heure et quart
	It is three fifteen p.m.	It is a quarter past three p.m.
15h20	Il est quinze heures vingt
	It is three twenty p.m.
15h25	Il est quinze heures vingt cinq
	It is three twenty-five.
15h30	Il est quinze heures trente	Il est trois heures et demie
	It is three thirty p.m.	It is half past three p.m.
15h35	Il est quinze heures trente cinq
	It is three thirty-five p.m.
15h40	Il est quinze heures quarante
	It is three forty p.m.
15h45	Il est quinze heures quarante-cinq	Il est quatre heures moins le quart
	It is three forty-five p.m.	It is a quarter to three p.m.
15h50	Il est quinze heures cinquante
	It is three fifty p.m.
15h55	Il est quinze heures cinquante cinq
	It is three fifty-five p.m.
16h00	Il est seize heures
	It is four p.m.