КОТОРЫЙ ЧАС ( Invarused as a question or subord clausefixedWO
what the time of day is ( usu. used when asking the time): который час? - what time is it?
whatfs the time?(in limited contexts) do you have the time?
(Лопахин:) Пришёл поезд, слава богу. Который час? (Дуняша:) Скоро два (Чехов 2). (L.:) The train is in, thank God. What time is it? (D.:) Nearly two (2a).
Дважды уже мимо Пантелея прошли дружинники... Они беседовали увлечённо, но всякий раз, проходя мимо Пантелея, внимательно его оглядывали... «Который час, не скажете?» - спросил дружинник (Аксёнов 6). Twice already a group of vigilantes had walked past Pantelei....Although they were absorbed in their conversation, every time they passed Pantelei, they looked him over intently.... "What's the time, please?" asked one of the vigilantes (6a).