XX seconds past minute

English translation: starting at 09:54 and xx seconds

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English term or phrase: XX seconds past minute
Selected answer:starting at 09:54 and xx seconds
Entered by: Charles Davis

00:48 Feb 4, 2016
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English term or phrase: XX seconds past minute
I was reading the article explaining one accident in chronological order.
and then encounter some expression which is not familiar to me.
What do they try to say in expression of "12 seconds past minute"
Does it mean "1 minute and 12 seconds later"?
Your comments would be great help. thanks

09:54:12+
Wig wags start on VSLS (Variable Speed Limit Sign) Camera 40 after trucks which crashes into other vehicles passes.
(changes observed from 12 seconds past minute
leg4leg
Türkiye
Local time: 09:39
starting at 09:54 and xx seconds
Explanation:
It simply corresponds to the time shown: "09.54:12+". "12 seconds past minute" means, in this case, at 09.54 and 12 seconds (09.54:12); "minute" means 09:54 and 00 seconds, the point at which an exact minute is recorded on the clock. The plus sign after 12 means that it starts at 09:54:12 and continues after that point.

So no, it doesn't means 1 minute and 12 seconds later, nor indeed 12 seconds after some previous event, but simply at a particular time on the clock.
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Spain
Local time: 07:39
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xx seconds past minute
starting at 09:54 and xx seconds


Explanation:
It simply corresponds to the time shown: "09.54:12+". "12 seconds past minute" means, in this case, at 09.54 and 12 seconds (09.54:12); "minute" means 09:54 and 00 seconds, the point at which an exact minute is recorded on the clock. The plus sign after 12 means that it starts at 09:54:12 and continues after that point.

So no, it doesn't means 1 minute and 12 seconds later, nor indeed 12 seconds after some previous event, but simply at a particular time on the clock.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 07:39
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 80
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tony M
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Tony!

agree  Armorel Young
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agree  Victoria Britten
5 hrs
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agree  Yasutomo Kanazawa
6 hrs
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agree  B D Finch: Worth noting that it should have been "xx seconds past the minute"
6 hrs
  -> Quite right; I forgot to mention it. Many thanks! (Possibly the article was omitted because it's in note form.)

agree  Sheila Wilson
7 hrs
  -> Thanks, Sheila!

agree  crossroad
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thanks, crossroad :)
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