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A question to people used to the 12-hour format. I’m working on a music player for bathrooms (https://Loodio.com https://Loodio.com) where a clock one of the ma
by testmasterflex 4y ago
A question to people used to the 12-hour format. I’m working on a music player for bathrooms (https://Loodio.com https://Loodio.com) where a clock one of the main features.
How annoying is the 24-hour format for you?
- ericpp 4y agoIt's indecipherable to most people in the U.S. who refer to it as "military time".
- waste_monk 4y ago... I understand the U.S. has a pretty woeful education system in some parts, but has it reached the point where converting 12 and 24h time is considered an advanced task that is beyond the reach of most people? I'm morbidly curious.
- artogahr 4y agoThis is from just yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30992322 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30992322
- KSPAtlas 4y agoif time.ampm == PM: return time.hour + 12 else: return time.hour
- testmasterflex 4y agoYou’re right. Stupid question. Easy fix.
- Akronymus 4y ago12:24 pm?
- ericpp 4y agoif time.hour == 12 && time.ampm == AM: return 0 elif time.hour == 12 && time.ampm == PM: return 12 elif time.ampm == PM: return time.hour+12 else: return time.hour
- ericpp 4y agoThe vast majority of clocks in the US use 12 hour time. 24 hour time just isn't used here outside of limited applications (military, computing, etc). People generally aren't used to seeing time expressed in a 24 hour format. Most would choose a clock that shows the familiar 12 hour format over a 24 hour one that requires them to subtract 12 to get the time. I think it would be similar to selling a Fahrenheit thermometer in Europe. Most people could learn to do the conversion, but they would probably just buy a Celsius thermometer instead.
- testmasterflex 4y agoThanks will need to fix that then.
- ljp_206 4y agoA choice between 12 and 24 hr is pretty essential for an American audience.
- testmasterflex 4y agoThanks that’s all I needed to hear.