The military, emergency services and hospitals usually write military time as hours and minutes without a colon and often add the word "hours" afterward. The format is:
hoursminutes
Example: 1331 or 1331 hours
When expressing time down to the second, they insert a colon between the minutes and seconds using the format
hoursminutes:seconds
Example: 1331:42 or 13:31:42 hours
In science and engineering, colons are usually inserted between the hours, minutes, and seconds. The formats used to express time are:
hours:minutes
Example: 13:31 and
hours:minutes:seconds
Example: 13:31:42
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