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Thanks for answering. I am not Japanese, nor a Japanese speaker of any level, but I dabbled into the language a bit.
I've had this notion that 「零」 is akin to ‘null’ or ‘naught’ in English while 「ゼロ」 is more about the digit ‘0’. It seems logical to me, but if there's anything I've learned learning languages it is that languages are not always logical, sometimes not even making sense.
RE: 丸 IDK where I've heard 丸 being used for phone numbers but I also remember it being used that way.
But 零時半 gets used quite a bit, especially for people like me, who have no fucking restraint and don't go to bed on-time.
Like any language, inconsistencies abound everywhere.