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This system, as opposed to the 12-hour clock, is the most commonly used time notation in the world today, [A] and is used by the international standard ISO 8601. [1] A number of countries, particularly English speaking, use the 12-hour clock, or a mixture of the 24- and 12-hour time systems.
The time is read by observing the placement of several "hands", which emanate from the centre of the dial: A short, thick "hour" hand; A long, thinner "minute" hand; On some models, a very thin "second" or "sweep" hand; All three hands continuously rotate around the dial in a clockwise direction – in the direction of increasing numbers.
In Australia, the number 1194 was the speaking clock in all areas. The service started in 1953 by the Post Master General's Department, originally to access the talking clock on a rotary dial phone, callers would dial "B074", during the transition from a rotary dial to a DTMF based phone system, the talking clock number changed from "B074" to 1194.
Date and time notation in the United Kingdom records the date using the day–month–year format (31 December 1999, 31/12/99 or 31/12/1999). The time can be written using either the 24-hour clock (23:59) or the 12-hour clock (11:59 p.m.), either with a colon or a full stop (11.59 p.m.).
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The date and time in Australia are most commonly recorded using the day–month–year format (11 February 2025) and the 12-hour clock (9:14 am), although 24-hour time is used in some cases. For example, some public transport operators such as V/Line [1] and Transport NSW [2] use 24-hour time, although others use 12-hour time instead.
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