Date and time notation in Nepal
YYYY-MM-DD is official date format for Nepali Vikram Samvat. An example of Vikram Samvat YYYY-MM-DD usage used is the online news portal Onlinekhabar.[1] Both YYYY-MM-DD and DD-MM-YY format can be used for Gregorian calendar.[2] 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-MM-DD format. An example of YYYY-MM-DD usage is the passport application form.[3]
| Full date | 23 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| All-numeric date | 23/05/2025 2025-05-23 |
| Time | 2:48 pm [refresh] |
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 only 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
- ^ "सरकारसँग मिलेर जलविद्युतमा लगानी गर्ने हो ? यसरी भर्नुहोस् अनलाइन फारम". Onlinekhabar. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
- ^ "Date format by country". Calendar Wiki. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
- ^ "Passport Application Form" (PDF). Department Of Passports. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
