Date and time notation in Pakistan is based on the Gregorian and Islamic calendars. Pakistan has not officially adopted any time and date representation standard based on the ISO 8601.
Government documents and transactions use "DD/MM/YYYY" format when writing in English, Urdu or in Pakistan's regional languages; examples of this can be found on the Pakistani passport application form, the National Identity Card or the Pakistan Origin Card. [1]
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
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Urdu | اتوار Itwar | پیر Peer | منگل Mangal | بدھ Bodh | جمعرات Jumarat | جمعہ Jumah | ہفتہ Haftah |
Balochi | Jatti Yaq shamby | Suub سوب | Mulom مولم | Sakim ساکم | Sheker شکر | Jummah / Adeneg جمعہ /آدینگ | Ganji گنجی |
Balti | Adeed ادید | Tsumdral تسمدرال | Angaru انگرو | Botu بوتو | Brespod برسپود | Jummah / Shugoru جمعہ / شوگرو | Shingsher شنگشر |
Brahui | |||||||
Burushaski | Adit ادِت | Tsandura ژَندُرَہ | Angaro اَنگارو | Bodo بودو | Birespat بِریسپَت | Jummah / Shukro جمعہ / شُکرو | Shimsher شِمشیر |
Chitrali (Khowar) | Yakshambey یک شمبے | Doshambey دو شمبے | Seshambey سہ شمبے | Charshambey چار شمبے | Pachambey پچھمبے | Adina آدینہ | Shambey شمبے |
Hindko | Atwaar اتوار | Suwar سؤ وار | Mungal منگل | Budh بدھ | Jumiraat جمعرات | Jummah جمعہ | Khali خالي |
Kashmiri | Ātwār آتھوار | Tsạndrüwār ژٔنٛدرٕوار | Bọnwār بۄنٛوار or Bōmwār | Bọdwār بۄدوار | Bryaswār برٛؠسوار or Braswār | Jumāh جُمعہ Shokurwār | Baṭüwār بَٹہٕ وار |
Pashto | Itwār اِتوار | Gul ګل | Naha نهه | Shoro شورو | Ziārat زيارت | Jumma جمعه | Xāli خالي |
Pothwari/Pahari | Itwar اتوار | Suwar سؤ وار | Mangalar منگالار | Badhar بادهار | Jumāy-rāt جمعرات | Jummah جمعہ | Hafta ہفتہ |
Punjabi (Shahmukhi) | Aitwār اَیتوار | Pīrwār/Somwār پیروار/سوموار | Mangalwār منگلوار | Budhwār بُدھوار | Jumāy-rāt جمعرات | Jummah جمعہ | Hafta ہفتہ |
Shina | Adit ادت | Tsunduro تسوندرو | Ungaro نگرو | Budo بوڈو | Brespat بیرسپات | Jummah / Shukur جمعہ / شوکر | Shimsher شمشر |
Seraiki | Adat آڈت | Sunwar / Somar سنوار / سومار | Mangal منگل | Budh بدھ | Khamees خمیس | Juma جمعہ | Chandh Chandh چھنڑ چھنڑ |
Sindhi | Ācharu آچَرُ | Sūmaru سُومَرُ | Angaro اَنڱارو | Arbā اَربع | Khamīsa خَميِسَ | Jum'o جُمعو | Chancharu ڇَنڇَرُ |
Wakhi (X̌ikwor) | Yakshambi یک شمبی | Dushambi دو شمبی | Seshambi سہ شمبی | Chorshambi چہور شمبی | Ponjambi پونجشمبی | Juma جمعہ | Shambi شمبی |
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
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Urdu | جنوری | فروری | مارچ | اپریل | مئ | جون | جولائ | اگست | ستمبر | اکتوبر | نومبر | دسمبر |
Balochi | ||||||||||||
Balti | ||||||||||||
Brahui | ||||||||||||
Burushaski | ||||||||||||
Chitrali (Khowar) | ||||||||||||
Hindko | ||||||||||||
Kashmiri | Māg ماگ | Phāgun پھاگُن | Tsithür ژِتھٕر | Vahyakh وَہؠکھ or Bēsākh بیساکھ | Zēṭh زیٹھ | Hār ہار | Shrāvun شرٛاوُن | Bạ̄dürpyath بٲدٕرپؠتھ or Bạ̄dryath بٲدرؠتھ | Ạ̄shid ٲشِد | Kārtikh کارتِکھ | Manjhor مَنٛجہۆر or Mọnjihōr مۄنٛجہِ ہور or Magar مَگَر | Pōh پوہ or Pọh پۄہ |
Pashto | Salwāğa سلواغه | Kab کب | Wray وری | Ğwayay غویی | Ğbargulay غبرګلی | Čangāx چنګاښ | Zmaray زمری | Wagay وږی | Tala تله | Laŕm لړم | Līnd لیند | Marğumay مرغومی |
Pothwari/Pahari | Māgh ماگھ | Phaggaṇ پھگݨ | Chēt چیت | Vasākh وساکھ | Jēṭh جیٹھ | Hāṛh ہاڑھ | Sāoṇ ساؤݨ | Bhādron بھادروں | Assū اسو | Kattak کتک | Magghar مگھر | Poh پوہ |
Punjabi (Shahmukhi) | Māgh ماگھ | Phaggaṇ پھگݨ | Chēt چیت | Vasākh وساکھ | Jēṭh جیٹھ | Hāṛh ہاڑھ | Sāoṇ ساؤݨ | Bhādon بھادوں or Bhādron بھادروں | Assū اسو | Kattak کتک | Magghar مگھر | Poh پوہ |
Shina | ||||||||||||
Seraiki | ||||||||||||
Sindhi | Mānghu مانگھُه | Phaguṇu ڦَڳُڻُ | Chēṭu چيٽُ | Vēsāku ويساکُ or Vihāu وِهاءُ | Jēṭhu ڄيٺُ | Ākhāṛu آکاڙُ or Āhāṛu آهاڙُ | Sānvaṇu سانوَڻُ | Baḍo بَڊو or Baḍro بَڊرو | Asū اَسُو | Katī ڪَتِي | Nāhrī ناهرِي or Manghiru مَنگهِرُ | Pohu پوهُه |
Wakhi | Panz Toqʉsh پانز توقُش | Thrʉ Toqʉsh تُھرو توقُش | Yi Toqʉsh یی توقُش | Haba ہبہ | Tomʉs توموس | Khʉm Pac خُم پس | Hama Pac ہَمہ پَس | Shʉndr Poč̣ شوندر پوچھ | Sʉr Poč̣ سئور پوچھ | δasyi Toqʉsh دسیئی توقُش | Now Toqʉsh نو توقُش | Hʉb Toqʉsh ہُب توقُش |
In terms of time usage, both the 24-hour clock and 12-hour clock are widely used in the country. The 12-hour notation is widely used in daily life, written communication, and is used in spoken language. The 24-hour notation is used in situations where there would be widespread ambiguity. Examples include railway timetables, plane departure and landing timings, and TV schedules.
A calendar date is a reference to a particular day represented within a calendar system. The calendar date allows the specific day to be identified. The number of days between two dates may be calculated. For example, "25 August 2023" is ten days after "15 August 2023". The date of a particular event depends on the observed time zone. For example, the air attack on Pearl Harbor that began at 7:48 a.m. Hawaiian time on 7 December 1941 took place at 3:18 a.m. Japan Standard Time, 8 December in Japan.
ISO 8601 is an international standard covering the worldwide exchange and communication of date and time-related data. It is maintained by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and was first published in 1988, with updates in 1991, 2000, 2004, and 2019, and an amendment in 2022. The standard provides a well-defined, unambiguous method of representing calendar dates and times in worldwide communications, especially to avoid misinterpreting numeric dates and times when such data is transferred between countries with different conventions for writing numeric dates and times.
Roman numerals are a numeral system that originated in ancient Rome and remained the usual way of writing numbers throughout Europe well into the Late Middle Ages. Numbers are written with combinations of letters from the Latin alphabet, each letter with a fixed integer value. Modern style uses only these seven:
A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes. Time zones tend to follow the boundaries between countries and their subdivisions instead of strictly following longitude, because it is convenient for areas in frequent communication to keep the same time.
Sexagesimal, also known as base 60 or sexagenary, is a numeral system with sixty as its base. It originated with the ancient Sumerians in the 3rd millennium BC, was passed down to the ancient Babylonians, and is still used—in a modified form—for measuring time, angles, and geographic coordinates.
The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. and p.m.. Each period consists of 12 hours numbered: 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11. The 12-hour clock was developed from the second millennium BC and reached its modern form in the 16th century.
The modern 24-hour clock, popularly referred to in the United States as militarytime, is the convention of timekeeping in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours. This is indicated by the hours passed since midnight, from 0(:00) to 23(:59). This system, as opposed to the 12-hour clock, is the most commonly used time notation in the world today, and is used by the international standard ISO 8601.
Midnight is the transition time from one day to the next – the moment when the date changes, on the local official clock time for any particular jurisdiction. By clock time, midnight is the opposite of noon, differing from it by 12 hours.
The six-hour clock is a traditional timekeeping system used in the Thai and formerly the Lao language and the Khmer language, alongside the official 24-hour clock. Like other common systems, it counts twenty-four hours in a day, but divides the day into four quarters, counting six hours in each. The hours in each quarter are told with period-designating words or phrases, which are:
Different conventions exist around the world for date and time representation, both written and spoken.
The Republic of India uses only one time zone across the whole nation and all its territories, called Indian Standard Time (IST), which equates to UTC+05:30, i.e. five and a half hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). India does not currently observe daylight saving time.
Date and time notation in Canada combines conventions from the United Kingdom, conventions from the United States, and conventions from France, often creating confusion. The Government of Canada specifies the ISO 8601 format for all-numeric dates. It recommends writing the time using the 24-hour clock (10:03) for maximum clarity in both Canadian English and Canadian French, but also allows the 12-hour clock (10:03 a.m.) in English.
Date and time notation in the United States differs from that used in nearly all other countries. It is inherited from one historical branch of conventions from the United Kingdom. American styles of notation have also influenced customs of date notation in Canada, creating confusion in international commerce.
France most commonly records the date using the day-month-year format with an oblique stroke or slash as the separator with numerical values. The 24-hour clock is used to express time, using the letter h as the separator in between hours and minutes.
Date and time notation in Sweden mostly follows the ISO 8601 standard: dates are generally written in the form YYYY-MM-DD. Although this format may be abbreviated in a number of ways, almost all Swedish date notations state the month between the year and the day. Months are not capitalised when written. The week number may also be used in writing and in speech. Times are generally written using 24-hour clock notation, with full stops as separators, although 12-hour clock notation is more frequently used in speech.
Date and time notation in the United Kingdom records the date using the day–month–year format. The ISO 8601 format (1999-12-31) is increasingly used for all-numeric dates. The time can be written using either the 24-hour clock (23:59) or the 12-hour clock (11:59 pm).
The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) and (CENELEC) adopted ISO 8601 with EN 28601, now EN ISO 8601. As a European Norm, CEN and CENELEC member states are obligated to adopt the standard as national standard without alterations as well.
The most formal manner of expressing the full date and/or time in South Korea is to suffix each of the year, month, day, ante/post-meridiem indicator, hour, minute and second with the corresponding unit and separating each with a space: