at approximately 1012 hours

[sitifan]

“On February 21, 2020 at approximately 1012 hours, deputies and detectives responded to the area of Highway 124 and Highway 16 in Plymouth to the report of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound,” the Amador County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeland-security-whistleblower-from-obama-era-found-dead
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What does the phrase "1012 hours" mean here? Can I read "1012 hours" as "ten thousand twelve hours"?​

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[Yankee]

“On February 21, 2020 at approximately 1012 hours, deputies and detectives responded to the area of Highway 124 and Highway 16 in Plymouth to the report of a male subject on the ground with a gunshot wound,” the Amador County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/homeland-security-whistleblower-from-obama-era-found-dead
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What does the phrase "1012 hours" mean here? Can I read "1012 hours" as "ten thousand twelve hours"? No.

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First, not a typical time reference for a U.S. news report either verbal or written. Could/should have been "10:12 (ten-twelve) AM" and not "approximately" or "approximately 10:00 (ten) or 10:15 (ten-fifteen) AM."

 

[sitifan]

I'm sorry for making a typo. Can I read "1012 hours" as "ten hundred twelve hours"?

 

[GoesStation]

I'm sorry for making a typo. Can I read "1012 hours" as "ten hundred twelve hours"?

No. Say "ten-twelve hours".

The newspaper reproduced the sheriff's department report. We call the 24-hour time format "military time" in American English. It's also widely used by civilian emergency services.

 

[Yankee]

No. Say "ten-twelve hours".

The newspaper reproduced the sheriff's department report. We call the 24-hour time format "military time" in American English. It's also widely used by civilian emergency services.

I would rather expect to hear, "ten-twelve A M" or "ten-twelve P M/ read, "10:12 AM" or "10:12 PM", but not including "hours".

 

[GoesStation]

I would rather expect to hear, "ten-twelve A M" or "ten-twelve P M/ read, "10:12 AM" or "10:12 PM", but not including "hours".

The military time convention requires the word "hours".

 

[Yankee]

The military time convention requires the word "hours".

Having served in the military I am familiar with the protocol for stating time. However, the original thread quoted a news item in which the time was reported as "1012 hours" which I found unusual for a non-military reference/event in a civilian newspaper.

 

[GoesStation]

The sheriff used military time in the statement the dailywire site quoted verbatim.