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Time
When representing an amount of time (not the time of a day) the following formatting should be used dependent on whether or not the time is being displayed internally or externally.
External Formatting
When representing an amount of time externally the format of the time is dependent on the language being presented, but should always be displayed on a single line.
English Formatting
When presented in English, the preferred format for an amount of time is:
[{h}:]{m}[:{ss}]
Where:
[{h}:]is only included when requested. Normally, this will be requested when the time displayed could be more than 1 hour.{h}is a number of hours without zero padding{m}is the number of minutes.- When including hours, this will be a value between 0 and 59 and will be zero padded.
- When not including hours, this will be a value of 0 or more and will not be zero padded.
[{:ss}]is only included when requested. Normally, this will be requested when a precision of less than a minute is required.{ss}is the number of seconds, with zero padding
French Formatting
When presented in French, the preferred format for an amount of time is:
[{H} h ][{M} min][ {S} s]
Where:
- Leading / Trailing values of zero are not included.
[{H} h ]is only included when requested and is not considered a leading zero. Normally, this will be requested when the time displayed could be more than 1 hour.{H}is the number of hours without padding[{M} min]is included unless it is considered a leading or trailing zero.{M}is the number of minutes without padding[ {S} s]is only included when requested and is not considered a trailing zero. Normally, this will be requested when a precision of less than a minute is required.{S}is the number of seconds without padding
Notes:
- When presented by itself, the date/time value should always follow a 'le'. This includes:
- When presenting a date/time in a separate column from the field label
- When presenting a column of date/times where the column heading is the label
- When presenting a date/time on a line of text by itself.
- When a date/time is presented with other text, the 'le' (if required) will be incorporated appropriately into the text
Examples
| Amount of time | English Format | French Format | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hour | Min | Sec | Full | h & m | m & s | Full | h & m | m & s |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 10:11:12 | 10:11 | 611:12 | 10 h 11 min 12 s | 10 h 11 min | 611 min 12 s |
| 9 | 8 | 7 | 9:08:07 | 9:08 | 548:07 | 9 h 8 min 7 s | 9 h 8 min | 548 min 7 s |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 0:01:02 | 0:01 | 1:02 | 1 min 2 s | 1 min | 1 min 2 s |
| 0 | 20 | 30 | 0:20:30 | 0:20 | 20:30 | 20 min 30 s | 20 min | 20 min 30 s |
| 0 | 0 | 5 | 0:00:05 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 5 s | 0 min | 5 s |
| 0 | 0 | 25 | 0:00:25 | 0:00 | 0:25 | 25 s | 0 min | 25 s |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 1:00:02 | 0:00 | 60:02 | 1 h 0 min 2 s | 1 h | 60 min 2 s |
| 10 | 0 | 20 | 10:00:20 | 10:00 | 600:20 | 10 h 0 min 20 s | 10 h | 600 min 20 s |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1:00:00 | 1:00 | 60:00 | 1 h | 1 h | 60 min |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 10:00:00 | 10:00 | 600:00 | 10 h | 10 h | 600 min |
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 1:02:00 | 1:02 | 62:00 | 1 h 2 min | 1 h 2 min | 62 min |
| 10 | 12 | 0 | 10:12:00 | 10:12 | 612:00 | 10 h 12 min | 10 h 12 min | 612 min |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 0 s | 0 min | 0 s |
Internal Formatting
When a date is presented internally (e.g. in PASIprep) the date should be formatted using the English formatting.