Date and time notation in Colombia

There are several forms for date and time notation in Colombia.

Date

In Colombia, the standard dd/mm/yyyy is widely used, also Roman numbers are commonly used to represent the month as in:

31/XII/2008

Also long date format is used, example:

31 de diciembre de 2008 (31 December 2008)

Weekday name and month names are usually the first two or full letters of the word (Weekday abbreviated names: DO, LU, MA, MI, JU, VI, SA—Months: enero, febrero, marzo, abril, mayo, junio, julio, agosto, septiembre, octubre, noviembre, diciembre). Calendars mostly show Sunday as the first day of the week.

Time

Colombia uses the 12-hour format for clocks, but a format specifying the place of the sun is more commonly used for informal communication. This is because there are no time seasons, so that sunset and dawn are at approximately the same time every day. For example:

Time Span/ExampleMedia Noche (Midnight)Madrugada (Early Morning)Mañana (Morning)Medio Día (Noon)Tarde (Afternoon)Noche (Night)
Time Span12:00 am – 12:59 am1 am - 5:59 am6:00 am – 11:59 am12:00 pm – 12:59 pm1:00 pm – 6:59 pm7:00 pm – 11:59 pm
ExampleMedia noche3:20 de la madrugada8:25 de la mañanaMedio día6:30 de la tarde7:30 de la noche


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