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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by soneil on Monday March 09, 2020 @09:51PM (#22532018)
I say 6pm but write 18:00. I imagine things like that can very easily lead to awkward translations.

I've found countries (Slovakia springs to mind) that would say "a quarter of 8" for 7:15 (think "7 hours and a quarter of the eighth hour") and "half 8" for 7:30. Time can translate in rather interesting ways.

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Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to... by bitcurious on Monday March 09, 2020 @11:54PM (#22532596)
In Russian at least, a closer translation would be “half of 8th” because it means something like “half of the 8th hour [has passed].”
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