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From: wtho@ciba-geigy.ch (Tom Hofmann)
Subject: Re: Arabic numbering system
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gusty@clark.net (Harlan Messinger) writes:
>The Dutch convention for the half hour is not quite the same as the German
>one. German "halb sechs" = "half six" is half past 6, or 6:30.

No, German "halb sechs" is 5:30 i.e. half past five (as "half zes" in Dutch).

---Tom
