Dates & Times

How to Say Dates & Times

For best results:

Use ordinal numbers for dates (for example: "October first twenty fifteen", "December tenth two thousand sixteen", "March fifteenth nineteen seventy three") for Month name-Day-Year format.
Say AM and PM when dictating time.

Say this...	To display this...
May twenty-third two thousand eighteen May twenty-third twenty eighteen	May 23, 2018
five twenty-three twenty eighteen five slash twenty-three slash two thousand eighteen	5/23/2018
five dash twenty-three dash two thousand eighteen	5-23-2018
two p m	2 p.m.
ten thirty a m	10:30 a.m.
between two p m and five p m	Between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.
zero eight hundred hours oh eight hundred hours	0800 hours
zero zero twenty two hours zero zero two two hours Saying "oh oh" can cause recognition issues. These utterances can blend together, causing the dictation server to hear only one "oh". Best results are achieved by saying "zero zero".	0022 hours
fourteen thirty three hours fourteen three three hours one four three three hours	1433 hours
zero six fourteen hours oh six fourteen hours zero six one four hours oh six one four hours	0614 hours
Patient was seen at zero zero thirty six hours	Patient was seen at 0036 hours
Patient was completely dilated at one eight five zero hours	Patient was completely dilated at 1850 hours