Telling time uses a 12 hour clock with "rise" and "fall". It uses the Gregorian calendar (standard western calendar).
tone | read | meaning |
---|---|---|
sitx | sitx | second |
dak | dak | minute |
hek | hek | hour |
yam | yam | day |
wik | wik | week |
mes | mes | month |
xan | xan | year |
riz | riz | rise |
zar | zar | fall |
To say it is 6:37am, you would say:
viva san xaba riza
Or 11:16pm:
cuka zen viva zara
The date format is like this:
year/month/day hours:minutes:seconds
So January 11, 2011 would be at 11:16pm:
dhzz/zz/z zz:zv z