what time is it
Clock face question
What time is it is the standard question asking for the current hour and minute.
The phrasing is fixed—Do you know what time it is? or simply What time is it?
The question sometimes carries impatience or reproach: Do you have any idea what time it is? suggests someone is late or has kept others waiting.
- morningDay's early hours
- clockDevice displaying time
- questionRequest for information
- afternoonPost-meridian hours
- sundialShadow-based timekeeper
hourglass · watch · alarm clock · digital clock · atomic clock · ask · chronometer · query · schedule · evening · deadline · running late · midnight · calendar · dawn · routine · pendulum · tick tock
temporal reference type
what time is itwhat day is it
what, time, whatever, whatnot, whatsoever, somewhat, times, timed, timing