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12-Nov-2005, 07:58

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Re: What is the most common way of saying time when it has hour,minute and second?

I wouldn't use it- I perfer the order that matches the sequence- hour-minute- seconds and, like Cas, I'd use 'and' before the seconds. It's not wrong to say it that way, but which is easier to understand?