04-03-2006, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by After Shock Media
Never. I refuse to use or think in military time. No clock I have ever owned had that many numbers on it and since it was not taught to me in grade school I have ever right to refuse it exists.
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it technically isn't military time, it is called the 24 hour clock....
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The 24-hour clock enjoys broad everyday usage in most Asian, European and many Latin American countries. When a time is written down or displayed, the 24-hour notation is used in these countries almost exclusively. The 12-hour clock remains in some regions commonly used in informal language, while, for example, most German, French and Romanian speakers use the 24-hour clock today even when speaking casually.
It is not uncommon that the same person would use the 24-hour notation in spoken language when refering to an exact point in time ("The train leaves at fourteen forty-five ?"), while using some variant of the 12-hour notation to refer vaguely to a time ("? so I will be back tonight sometime after five."). People are used to converting between the two notations without requiring mental arithmetic, and most perceive "three o'clock" and "15:00" simply as synonyms.
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