Is five in the afternoon or evening?

mrshall1027

I'm trying to figure out if I should write 5 o'clock in the afternoon or 5 o'clock in the evening.  Any advice is appreciated.

owengirl996

I have this same question! Only it's 5:30. My first instinct is to put evening...any time after 5 to me means acceptable dinner time which means evening, at least in my head. I'd say you could probably go either way and nobody would notice, but I also think of weddings as more formal if they are in the "evening".

mrshall1027

Definitely going for more formal, so evening it is!  edielaura - they are my inspiration for my wedding shoes  Probably doing a purple shoe instead of the blue.

banana468

Before 6 is afternoon.

tenofcups4me

Technically it's afternoon, but for all practical purposes, I consider it evening. I don't think most people will notice one way or the other.

tmeyer621

Technically, anything before 6 is afternoon. So, 5 would be "in the afternoon." I agree, I think of 5 as evening so I avoided the situation all together by just putting "Reception Five o'clock."

LeiselEB

"in the evening" or "in the afternoon" or "in the morning" are not appropriate for invitations. There are only 2 times per day that the clock reads five o'clock, and no one will show up to a wedding at 5m.

Just say "five o'clock".

tenofcups4me

No, it's not inappropriate to includ "in the evening" or "in the afternoon" etc. It's generally not necessary, but there's nothing wrong with including it.