Jo4ted@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agoThe 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.message-squaremessage-square48linkfedilinkarrow-up1193arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1182arrow-down1message-squareThe 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.Jo4ted@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 15 hours agomessage-square48linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down1·3 hours ago12-hour would only be somewhat decent if there wasn’t noon/midnight confusion.
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·edit-22 hours agoIf you see a working clock say 12:00 and it’s sunny outside and you’re not above a certain latitude: it’s noon
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 hours agoWhat if somebody says to meet at 12:30 AM? I would think that’s an half hour past noon. Yet it often goes 11am -> 12pm -> 12:30pm -> 1pm. Absolute madness.
12-hour would only be somewhat decent if there wasn’t noon/midnight confusion.
If you see a working clock say 12:00 and it’s sunny outside and you’re not above a certain latitude: it’s noon
What if somebody says to meet at 12:30 AM? I would think that’s an half hour past noon. Yet it often goes 11am -> 12pm -> 12:30pm -> 1pm. Absolute madness.