The Ethiopian day begins at sunrise or 0600 hours on the clock. They begin counting the hours from this point. For example, 8 am is 2 o'clock for an Ethiopian, 10 am is 4 o'clock. This continues until 6 pm, which is 12 o'clock and then the counting begins again, 7 pm is 1 o'clock, 10 pm is 4 o'clock, etc. It is important to be aware of this, since many misunderstandings have occurred between foreigners and their workers, handymen and drivers about what time to begin!