同一个时间可以有几种表达方法。
1.1)4:00 four o'clock,four,4 o'clock
1.2)04:00 four in the morning, 4 a.m
1.3)16:00 four in the afternoon, 4 p.m
2.1)9:00 nine o'clock, nine, 9 o'clock
2.2)09:00 nine in the morning, 9 a.m
2.3)21:00 nine in the evening, nine at night, 9 p.m
3.1)12:00 twelve o'clock, twelve, 12 o'clock
3.2)12:00 twelve in the morning, 12 a.m, midday
3.3)00:00 twelve at night, 12 p.m, midnight
4)12:15,00:15 a quarter past twelve, quarter past twelve, twelve fifteen, a quarter after twelve
5)02:25,14:25 twenty-five past two, twenty-five minutes past two, two twenty-five, twenty-five after two
6)11:30,23:30 half past eleven, eleven-thirty, half eleven, half after eleven
7)12:45,00:45 a quarter to one, quarter to one, twelve forty-five, a quarter of one
8)07:50,19:50 ten to eight, ten minutes to eight, seven-fifty, ten of eight
下面的例句都是表示时间：
What time is it, Gordon?
几点了，戈登？
Just after five.
刚过5点。
What's the time now?
现在是什么时刻？
It's quarter past.
一刻了。
Can you tell me the time?
你能告诉我几点了吗？
It's twenty-five past twelve.
12点25分。
Have you got the time?
你知道现在是什么时间吗？
It is nearly one o'clock.
快一点了。
What time does the boat leave from New York?
船什么时间离开纽约？
At a quarter past three in the afternoon.
下午3点15分。
The time is six forty-five.
现在是6点45分。
My watch says six thirty.
我的表是6点30分。
It's five to eight and breakfast's at eight o'clock.
现在差5分8点B，早餐八点钟开。
The time was 10:35 hours Greenwich Mean Time.
现在是格林威治平时10点35分。
I'll be back at quarter past one.
我1点15分回来。
By eleven o'clock Brian was back in his office.
布赖恩11点回到了办公室。
At two o'clock in the morning caslon was still awake.
到凌晨2点卡斯隆还没睡着。
You should be there no later than nine thirty.
你必须在9点半前到那儿。
Office hours are from 9 a.m to 6 p.m
办公时间为早9点到下午6点。
同一日期的表达方法
7月10日 July 10,July 10th,10 July或10th July
Tuesday May the thirteenth
5月13日星期二
Monday the fifth of April
4月15日星期一
What date is it?
今天是几号？
It's the 30th today.
今天是30号。
They married on December 9,1913.
他们于1913年12月9日结婚。
Labour was defeated in the General Election on 19 June 1970.
工党在1970年6月19日大选中败北。
The case was heard in the High Court in February 1970.
这个案件于1970年2月由高等法院审理。
Where were you on the nights of February 4th and 7th?
2月4日和7日晚上你都在什么地方？
They lived together from December of that year until June of 1980.
他们从那年12月到1980年6月一直住在一起。
The paper he hands me has a 1975 date.
他签发给我文件写的是1975年的日期。
在英式英语中，日期在前月份在后，即顺序为日月年，但在美式英语中，则月份在前日期在后，即顺序为月日年。这一点必须注意，否则会发生错误。例如我们写10-7-86或10/7/86，在英式英语中是July 10th 1986,而在美式英语中，则为October 7th 1986.我们使用的计算机上的时间就是美式英语。
英美说法不同的还有，例如：这事发生在星期四。在英式英语中It happened on Thursday. 而在美式英语中为It happened Thursday.
关于多少多少年代。
八十年代 eighties指的是1980-1989，可写为1980's，另外1980-1985可写为early eighties,1985-1989可写为late eighties.例如：
in Stockholm in the thirties
三十年代在斯德哥尔摩
I went on a computer training course in the nineteen eighties.
我在八十年代进过计算机培训班。
表达星期几的例句
every Tuesday for the next few months
下几个月的每星期二
I'm terrible busy on Saturdays.
我在星期六特别忙。
On Monday nights, the pupils go to the cinema.
星期一的晚上，学生们去看电影。
I've never worked on a Sunday in my whole life.
我从未在星期日工作过。
1840 eighteen forty
1900 nineteen hundred
1992 nineteen ninety-two