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I actually didn't realize am/pm wasn't something Europeans did...
by larrik 6y ago
I actually didn't realize am/pm wasn't something Europeans did...
- ranieuwe 6y agoWe love what US calls “military time”
- sgjohnson 6y ago24h clock isn't exactly military time. 14:30 in military time would be fourteen hundred thirty hours, or one-four-three-zero hours, or in written format 1430Z, Z being Zulu (UTC), or an actual offset.
- jki275 6y ago"military time" is a 24 hour clock. 14:30 is almost without exception read as "fourteen thirty" in military time. I've never seen it either of the ways you describe above.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoUh, they invented it. I guess they forgot.
- Beldin 6y agoUK'ians do use it. French, Germans, Swiss, BeNeLux, Italians, Spanish, Polish not. Don't know about the rest, but would be surprised if anyone in Europe but the UK used it.
- frosted-flakes 6y agoThey still know what it means though. Clocks are still divided into 12 in Europe.
- Thlom 6y agoNot if you don't have to use it for whatever reason. Personally I never learned the difference between am and pm before I got a job where I had to interact with people who used it. Still not sure if noon/midnight is 12am or 12 pm though ...
- mcjiggerlog 6y agoFor written times, no. If you're arranging to meet a friend you'd write "see you at 2030", but you'd say "eight thirty" out loud.
- jason0597 6y agoIn Greece it's sometimes used. 10:00π.μ. = 10:00 προ μεσημβρίας = 10:00 before noon 10:00μ.μ. = 10:00 μετά μεσημβρίαν = 10:00 after noon
- pdonis 6y agoTransliterating this into the Latin alphabet is fun since it gives "p.m." for before noon.
- jason0597 6y agoIndeed! My mother once mistakenly put an alarm for 6π.μ. thinking it was 6p.m., and suddenly at 6am in the morning it was blasting off for no reason. That's what living for so many years in another country does to your native tongue