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  • Dirty F
    Too lazy to set a custom title
    • Jul 2001
    • 59204
    #16
    Originally posted by epitome
    Because it is not open to interpretation. If someone says we are dropping a bomb at 7:30 you don't want them to be confused. If it's 19:30 there is no chance for it.
    Yes, obviously. It wasn't a question

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      • PR_Phil
        Confirmed User
        • Apr 2003
        • 1960
        #17
        Originally posted by Mickey_
        I grew up using military time (24 hour format) but prefer to use AM/PM. Much simpler and has more meaning in every day life. Why go through the trouble of deducting 12 from the military format to find out what time it actually is? But to each his own, of course.
        hey, think about it for a minute, it is the other time around, there are 24 hours int he day not 12, with regular time, when it is after noon, you have to add 12 hours to know what time it really is, not the other way around.

        you mind adjusts, I went to high school on a military base, and we used military time, I had not used it before. Day 1 it was confusing, Day 10 I no longer had to think about subtracting 12 hours, you knew it by heart, Day 25, you stop comparing the two systems at all, because the comparison is irrelevant, you no longer think "ok 2100 is 9pm" you think 2100 is 2100, and when someone says it is 9 pm, you convert it to your new system.

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          • crazydollars
            So Fucking Banned
            • Nov 2012
            • 146
            #18
            Originally posted by L-Pink
            I taught my 5 year old niece to remember "am = at morning, pm = past morning" lol.
            is she autistic (like Franck)?

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              • borked
                Totally Borked
                • Feb 2005
                • 6284
                #19
                Originally posted by mineistaken
                In spoken language its rarely used but in written (in this case forum posts) it makes perfect sense.
                Maybe in English it's rarely used, but the French use the 24h format all the time, written or spoken. The French are always more logical

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                  • Paul&John
                    Confirmed User
                    • Aug 2005
                    • 8643
                    #20
                    Hm just checked wikipedia and not many countries use the 12-hour system.. only:

                    The 12-hour clock is the dominant system of time written and spoken in:
                    Bangladesh
                    English Canada
                    Colombia
                    Costa Rica
                    Egypt
                    El Salvador
                    Ghana
                    Honduras
                    Hong Kong
                    Iran
                    Jordan
                    Malaysia
                    Mexico
                    New Zealand
                    Nepal
                    Nicaragua
                    Nigeria
                    Philippines
                    Saudi Arabia
                    Singapore
                    Taiwan
                    United States
                    Venezuela
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                      • Paul&John
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                        • Aug 2005
                        • 8643
                        #21
                        Alternatively there is a 6-hour clock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-hour_clock
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                          • onwebcam
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                            • Oct 2005
                            • 27689
                            #22
                            I prefer not keeping time. I'll get there when I get there and if we have a date/appointment that should be discussed 30 minutes or however long it takes me to get there beforehand.
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                              • martinsc
                                Too lazy to set a custom title
                                • Jun 2005
                                • 27047
                                #23
                                Originally posted by Dirty F
                                Yup! Although over here it's not called military.
                                It just makes way more sense imo.
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                                  • mineistaken
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                                    • Apr 2007
                                    • 29656
                                    #24
                                    Originally posted by borked
                                    Maybe in English it's rarely used, but the French use the 24h format all the time, written or spoken. The French are always more logical
                                    so when you answer the question "when do we meet for drinks tonight" you (or french) says "at 21th hour"? Not "at 9"? Strange.

                                    In most 24 hour clock countries "21th hour" instead of "9th hour" in spoken language are rarely used. Usually its just 9th (evening or morning is implied) or they say "9 in the evening/morning" if its not implied.
                                    More common use in spoken language is when somebody asks "whats the time?" and you say time by looking at your digital watch (on the phone etc).
                                    Last edited by mineistaken; 01-05-2013, 01:14 PM.

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                                      • pornmasta
                                        Too lazy to set a custom title
                                        • Jun 2006
                                        • 20014
                                        #25
                                        Originally posted by mineistaken
                                        so when you answer the question "when do we meet for drinks tonight" you (or french) says "at 21th hour"? Not "at 9"? Strange.
                                        you can say both, but "9 o'clock in the evening" (9 heures du soir) is more common
                                        We have also analogic clocks with 12 hours



                                        edit: never mind, you wrote the same thing

                                        in fact 21 o'clock is less ambigous than 9 o'clock
                                        Last edited by pornmasta; 01-05-2013, 01:27 PM.

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                                          • jigg
                                            Confirmed User
                                            • Feb 2002
                                            • 2527
                                            #26
                                            when I studied English in 5-6th grade, it wasn't enough that the language felt backwards to me but also having to remember am/pm and exactly what it meant. Hated it. Not to mention the pounds, and ounces...
                                            ......
                                            eight,eight,two,eight,eight,four,two
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                                              • borked
                                                Totally Borked
                                                • Feb 2005
                                                • 6284
                                                #27
                                                Originally posted by pornmasta
                                                you can say both, but "9 o'clock in the evening" (9 heures du soir) is more common
                                                We have also analogic clocks with 12 hours



                                                edit: never mind, you wrote the same thing

                                                in fact 21 o'clock is less ambigous than 9 o'clock
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                                                  • georgeyw
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                                                    • Jul 2005
                                                    • 9865
                                                    #28
                                                    Originally posted by Dirty F
                                                    No no, when it's 10:30 you also have to tell if it's am or pm.
                                                    10:30 or 22:30 is way more direct. And easier.

                                                    Now i think of it, why do you think the military time exists?
                                                    Huh?

                                                    When the fuck have you ever been asked the time and the other person not known if it were day or night? Were they dropped on their head as a child?
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                                                      • CurrentlySober
                                                        Too lazy to wipe my ass
                                                        • Aug 2002
                                                        • 38938
                                                        #29
                                                        I agree - AM/PM has called me a scammer (probably / possibly) on multiple occasions, and not once have they posted proof !

                                                        So yes - Ban the fucker
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                                                          • mineistaken
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                                                            • Apr 2007
                                                            • 29656
                                                            #30
                                                            Originally posted by georgeyw
                                                            Huh?

                                                            When the fuck have you ever been asked the time and the other person not known if it were day or night? Were they dropped on their head as a child?
                                                            When asked the time is just one situation. When you plan future meetings for example. Lets meet at 9 Tuesday. You have to specify morning or evening.

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