Half past twelve tips the hour hand just barely off twelve while the minute hand drops straight down to six. It's the plainest of the bunch: no dead-of-night drama attached, just the unremarkable middle of a lunch break or a meeting that's run a little long.
What 🕧 means
A circular clock with a greyish framework and hands of the same color pointing towards the top and bottom of the clock. Although there may not be spokes or numbers indicating the time, it's 12:30.
The 🕧 Twelve-Thirty emoji represents half-past twelve either in the afternoon or midnight. It signifies 12:30 in the 12-hour clock and 00:30 in the 24-hour timeframe.
How and when to use it
- While suggesting the perfect time for an afternoon date lunch, a midnight movie plan, or even a matinee show you've been planning since time immemorial, you can use 🕧.
- If you're texting someone about something out-of-the-blue or shocking that happened at 12:30 AM/PM, use 🕧 in that conversation. For example, "I think it was around 🕧 when the horrendous scene happened".
- Referring back to the first point, you can use 🕧 while reminding someone to pick you up or meet you at the designated time.
- If you're the kind to hype up your birthday or that of someone else's, you can bring in 🕧 in contexts like "Half hour since my baby girl turned 35!!🕧".
Other Names
- 🕧 Half-Past Twelve
- 🕧 12:30 AM
- 🕧 12:30 PM
- 🕧 Half-Past Midnight
- 🕧 12:30
- 🕧 Half-Past Noon
The lowdown
- Category
- Travel & Places › time
- Codepoints
U+1F567- Emoji version
- Emoji 0.7
- Shortcodes
:clock1230::twelve_thirty:Discord- Keywords
- 12, 12:30, 30, clock, thirty, time, twelve, twelve-thirty
How it looks across platforms
Seeing a blank box instead of the emoji somewhere? Here's why that happens. Curious why the designs above don't match to begin with? Here's why that happens too.
⚡ Quick round
Which joined the keyboard first — 🕧 Twelve-thirty or 🙎 Person Pouting?