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Date and time notation in Nepal

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YYYY-MM-DD is official Nepali Vikram Samvat. An example of Vikram Samvat YYYY-DD-MM usage used is the online news portal Onlinekhabar.[1] But for Gregorian calendar DD-MM-YY . The DD-MM-YY is the predominant short form of the numeric date usage. Almost all government documents need to be filled up in the YYYY-DD-MM format. An example of YYYY-DD-MM usage is the passport application form.[2]

Time

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 rare situations where there would be widespread ambiguity. Examples plane departure and landing timings. A colon is widely used to separate hours, minutes and seconds (e.g., 08:00:20).

References

  1. ^ "सरकारसँग मिलेर जलविद्युतमा लगानी गर्ने हो ? यसरी भर्नुहोस् अनलाइन फारम". Onlinekhabar. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Passport Application Form" (PDF). Department Of Passports. Retrieved 9 January 2017.