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24-hour time system

Started by bluaki, December 21, 2007, 11:36:41 AM

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bluaki

Why don't we use it much? |:

What's the point of AM/PM being used in digital clocks?

Samus Aran

Maybe because the English language and the general understanding of AM/PM without having to actually say them makes it pretty much pointless to use the 24-hour system that way?

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bluaki

December 21, 2007, 11:42:14 AM #3 Last Edit: December 21, 2007, 11:46:30 AM by bluaki
Quote from: Kaz on December 21, 2007, 11:40:29 AM
Maybe because the English language and the general understanding of AM/PM without having to actually say them makes it pretty much pointless to use the 24-hour system that way?
"I went to bed at 4" can be interpreted two ways and with me, has been true for both at some time magician;

I guess it's a similar reason to why we rarely use metric units...

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Quote from: Kefka on December 21, 2007, 11:41:27 AM
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srsly

Twenty-one hundred is just annoying compared to 9.

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