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Time goes 00:00:00 through 23:59:59 Except when leapseconds come along and make it 23:59:60 And daylight saving skips an hour, or repeats it. AM and PM are r

Time goes 00:00:00 through 23:59:59 Except when leapseconds come along and make it 23:59:60 And daylight saving skips an hour, or repeats it. AM and PM are really anachronisms though, I don't remember the last time I've ever seen "4pm" written down in normal life.

icedchai 5y ago
The average person doesn't use 24 hour/military time. Maybe in the tech world.
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > The average person doesn't use 24 hour/military time. Maybe in the tech world. True in the US (and IIRC the Anglophone world more generally), but AFAIK 24-hour is more commonly used outside of military/technical domains in many other countries.
- iso1210 5y ago
  Perhaps in your country. Iny the vast majority of countries I've been to, opening hours on shops, timetable, TV schedules, phones, etc are 24 hours. Have been for decades. UK TV schedule: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6p https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6p France opening hours: https://www.malathronas.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_6720.jpg https://www.malathronas.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_6720.jpg Thai train timetable: https://teakdoor.com/images/north.gif https://teakdoor.com/images/north.gif
  - icedchai 5y ago
    Yes, it is different in the US.
deathanatos 5y ago
Every major OS displays time w/ AM/PM? I just checked my OS X machine, it has it. My Linux machine has it, though I grant that among the many DEs for Linux, some might not use it. (I use MATE, a fork of GNOME 2, for reference.) And I've Googled a screenshot of Windows, which seems to still use it. My phone, microwave, and stove, I guess, seem to presume I know whether it is morning or not.
- vintermann 5y ago
  If you use US/UK localisation, yes. I don't use language localizations (since translation is often poor/missing so you get a mix, and I have to learn new terminology all the time) but you bet I want my 24-hour clock and not that old Latin stuff.

icedchai 5y ago

The average person doesn't use 24 hour/military time. Maybe in the tech world.

dragonwriter 5y ago
> The average person doesn't use 24 hour/military time. Maybe in the tech world. True in the US (and IIRC the Anglophone world more generally), but AFAIK 24-hour is more commonly used outside of military/technical domains in many other countries.
iso1210 5y ago
Perhaps in your country. Iny the vast majority of countries I've been to, opening hours on shops, timetable, TV schedules, phones, etc are 24 hours. Have been for decades. UK TV schedule: https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6p https://www.bbc.co.uk/schedules/p00fzl6p France opening hours: https://www.malathronas.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_6720.jpg https://www.malathronas.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_6720.jpg Thai train timetable: https://teakdoor.com/images/north.gif https://teakdoor.com/images/north.gif
- icedchai 5y ago
  Yes, it is different in the US.

deathanatos 5y ago

Every major OS displays time w/ AM/PM? I just checked my OS X machine, it has it. My Linux machine has it, though I grant that among the many DEs for Linux, some might not use it. (I use MATE, a fork of GNOME 2, for reference.) And I've Googled a screenshot of Windows, which seems to still use it. My phone, microwave, and stove, I guess, seem to presume I know whether it is morning or not.

vintermann 5y ago
If you use US/UK localisation, yes. I don't use language localizations (since translation is often poor/missing so you get a mix, and I have to learn new terminology all the time) but you bet I want my 24-hour clock and not that old Latin stuff.