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Business hours are the hours during which a business is open to doing its operations; this is the time when the staff is present to entertain or deal with their customers or clients. It depends on the type of business a company has on how long their business hours are in a day and which days of the week they’re open for operations. Some offices such as banks and administrative offices usually have the traditional business hours of being open from 9 am to 5 pm from Monday to Friday. Retail stores and supermarkets have longer hours every day in a week. Some restaurants have different business hours from the traditional ones depending on the location of the business. Whatever your business is, it’s important to have clear and detailed signage in front of your establishment when you’re open for business. This article will guide you on how to make a business hours signage and how to properly write the time format in English.

10+ Business Hours Samples

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6. Dealer Business Hours

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9. Normal Business Hours

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11. Admission to Bail after Regular Business Hours

What are Business Hours?

Business hours, also called office working hours, are the time of the day when business is typically conducted. In most Western countries, the standard business hours are between 9 am to 5 pm. although some agencies start as early as 7 am and end as late as 6 pm.

How to Write Time Properly

1. Writing Time in Words or Numerals

When you write the time of day, you can use either words or numerals. If you are using numerals, informal writing, you have to include both hours and minutes. In less formal writing, however, you can omit the minutes. Writing using the numeral format of the time is helpful in scientific or technical writing. However, there are instances that you need to write down the time in word form when it is part of a full sentence in descriptive or literary writing, or when you use a 12-hour clock format, or when you’re referring to an approximate time (such as saying, “eleven-thirty” or “two forty-five”).

 

 

2. Writing AM and PM

The abbreviations AM and PM is only used when you write the time as numerals.

• AM is short for ante meridiem which means “before noon.”
• PM is short for post meridiem which means “afternoon.”

Use AM and PM to indicate the time of day when you’re using a 12-hour clock format so the reader will be able to tell the difference between midnight and midday. However, you don’t need to include the AM and PM abbreviations with a 24-hour clock format because the time of the day is already obvious.

Writing AM and PM abbreviations has several ways and it includes the following:

• It can be written in ALL CAPS/uppercase or small caps/lower case (12 AM, 12 AM, or 12 am)
• It could include with or without periods between the letters (e.g., 8 PM or 8 P.M.)
• With or without a space after the number (e.g., 1 AM or 1 AM)

If you’re writing the time in their numeral format, be consistent by applying only one style throughout the whole document.

3. Using O’clock Term

The term “o’clock” is a shorter version of the phrase “of the clock,” as it means to show that a number in the sentence refers to a time. When using the term  “o’clock” make sure to use it with exact hours only. Examples are “ten o’clock”, “twelve o’clock”, or “three o’clock”.  Don’t use the term when you include the minutes when you’re telling the time.

FAQs

 

Once you’re done creating the format of your business hours signage, include some style in it to make it appealing and ensure that the entire details you’ve input have the right font style and size to make it visible and easy to read for your clients to let them know when you’re open for business and when you’re away. To help you get started making the business hours signages, download our free sample templates above to use as your guide!