Question: what is a quarter to 2?
Answer: It means 15 minutes ( one quarter or one fourth of an hour ) before 2 o'clock -- where two o'clock can be 0200h or 1400h. So 0145h or 1345h. It means 15 minutes ( one quarter or one fourth of an hour ) before 2 o'clock -- where two o'clock can be 0200h or 1400h.