It would be just a quarter of three in New York.

(form here)

What is "it"? 2:15 or 2:45? Lexico simply says that in this sense, 'of' "expresses time in relation to the following hour" without elaborating on this.

of
preposition
10 North American Expressing time in relation to the following hour.
'it would be just a quarter of three in New York'

(from Lexico here)

What is "it"? 2:15 or 2:45? Lexico simply says that in this sense, 'of' "expresses time in relation to the following hour" without elaborating on this.

It would be just a quarter of three in New York.

(form here)

What is "it"? 3:15 or 3:45? Lexico simply says that in this sense, 'of' "expresses time in relation to the following hour" without elaborating on this.

It would be just a quarter of three in New York.

(form here)

What is "it"? 2:15 or 2:45? Lexico simply says that in this sense, 'of' "expresses time in relation to the following hour" without elaborating on this.