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I have a clock that tells me the time. When I wake up at night, I hit the bar and it says, "The time is 27 minutes past 3 o'clock." Now, just for me, mind you, my mind is not so alert at 3:27 a.m. that I want t6o figure all that out. When I hit the bar, I want to know what time it is. My clock never ever tells me the temperature or the name of the Prime Minister of Great Britain. I don't need the clock to start with, "The time is...." And then it's "27 minutes past..." or sometimes "13 minutes before..."
Oh, and the clock has a very distinctive English accent.
How about, " 5-27 a.m." Now, the a.m. is frequently, but not always, redundant.
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