I have a problem concerning times of the day in English.
Am I doing it right? I’m particularly interested in the bolded ones (midnight/noon/midday). Do they require any prepositions? Would it be correct to write and say, for example: It’s twelve o’clock at midnight? When it comes to 18:00 – is “It’s six o’clock in the evening” also correct? Take a look at the sentences after OR. Are they correct? Is everything correct?
0:00 – It’s twelve o’clock midnight.
0:01 – It’s one past twelve in the morning.
1:00 – It’s one o’clock in the morning.
2:00 – It’s two o’clock in the morning.
3:00 – It’s three o’clock in the morning.
4:00 – It’s four o’clock in the morning.
5:00 – It’s five o’clock in the morning.
6:00 – It’s six o’clock in the morning.
7:00 – It’s seven o’clock in the morning.
8:00 – It’s eight o’clock in the morning.
9:00 – It’s nine o’clock in the morning.
10:00 – It’s ten o’clock in the morning.
11:00 – It’s eleven o’clock in the morning.
12:00 – It’s twelve o’clock noon. = It’s twelve o’clock midday.
12:01 – It’s one past twelve in the afternoon.
13:00 – It’s one o’clock in the afternoon.
14:00 – It’s two o’clock in the afternoon.
15:00 – It’s five o’clock in the afternoon.
16:00 – It’s four o’clock in the afternoon.
17:00 – It’s five o’clock in the afternoon.
18:00 – It’s six o’clock in the afternoon.
or
It’s six o’clock in the evening.
18:01 – It’s six o’clock in the evening.
19:00 – It’s seven o’clock in the evening.
20:00 – It’s eight o’clock in the evening.
21:00 – It’s nine o’clock in the evening.
22:00 – It’s ten o’clock in the evening.
or
It’s ten o’clock at night.
22:01 – It’s one past ten at night.
23:00 – It’s eleven o’clock at night.
Best Answer
Everything you wrote is correct in some context, even the alternate choices for afternoon, evening and night. The context of latitude and season might make it more likely to use evening and night earlier.
For example, in summer, at high latitude, a speaker would be more likely to say, "five in the afternoon," or even, "six in the afternoon." On a dreary winter day, when it could be dark by 3 PM, those might be considered night time. Though there may be formal rules base solely on time of day, colloquially, insolation would affect choice of words.