What time is it?

 What time is it?

There are two common ways of telling the time in English. For 2:40 you can use one of these two ways.

§  Digital: the easier way - "Two forty "

§  Classical: you say the minutes first then the hour - "twenty to three"

Asking about the time:

What	time is it?
	time do you make it?
	's the time?
Have you got	the right time?