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I disagree. When I'm working with computers, I find 24-hour time more convenient. It was a little difficult for the first few months, but now I really am read
by adamtj 12y ago
I disagree. When I'm working with computers, I find 24-hour time more convenient. It was a little difficult for the first few months, but now I really am ready to think only in 24-hour time.
Unfortunately, my brain won't fully switch over because everything else in my life is 12-hour time. Having both means I can't help but stick to the old way. When my computer clock says 17, I know people will start leaving the office. But, when it says 19, I don't think of supper. Supper is when my kitchen clock says 7.
Having a short adjustment period would be good, but at some point you just have to commit. Generations is too long in my opinion.
- anotherevan 12y agoAre people thinking that a 24 hour time is metric? I saw a couple of comments that make me think this. In Australia we use 12 hour am/pm almost all the time, even on official documents. We've been metric since the early 70's. I still have to pause and convert when I see a time greater than 12 (or, sadly, less than 1.) It seems much more a cultural thing, that one. Now if we could only stop anybody using m/d/y date formats...