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This reminds me of the issue of clocks starting at 12 instead of 0.
by NemuriBaku 5y ago
This reminds me of the issue of clocks starting at 12 instead of 0.
- addicted 5y agoHow is that an issue? There is no 0 AM or PM. There is 12 AM and PM, however.
- pjerem 5y agoThat’s a (not so big) « issue » since it’s a written convention which comes from clocks layout. Even while using the same physical layout, lots of countries count time from 00:00 to 23:59 (without notion of AM/PM). In France we always use 24h format when writing and usually when speaking. But some people uses the same conventions as US, only when speaking by saying « 3 heures de l’après midi » which stands for « 3 hours in the afternoon ». It tends to disappear however for « 15 heures ». Exceptions are we likely never say 00:00 or 12:00 but « Minuit » and « midi ».
- NemuriBaku 5y agoSome people are thrown off when the time goes 10AM, 11AM, 12PM, 1PM. The "12" is used more like a 0. So 0 hours and 30 minutes post meridian is 12:30PM.