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Gvanni
June 28th, 2018, 04:53 PM
Which parts of the world use the military time standard clock system as the general time system for their country? I heard that Britain uses it but I see many British people in Britain using the regular 12 hour AM/PM cycles. What's the deal?
samuel15
June 28th, 2018, 05:39 PM
In Sweden we use it(I'm assuming neighboring countries do too), when speaking we say 7 when referring to the morning and 19 for afternoon. It's very easy to use
Stronk Serb
June 28th, 2018, 06:01 PM
We use the 24 hour format where 00:00 is for midnight. In speech though we rarely say it's 19 'o' clock for example. We say it's 7 in the evening, but on official documents and digital watches, we use that format.
ShineintheDark
June 28th, 2018, 06:18 PM
Colloquially we use the 12-hour format but on all official documents and in schools we are to use the 24 hour format pretty regularly.
Nicky47
June 28th, 2018, 09:28 PM
Ive lived on bases most my life its how i learned to tell time
Falcons_11
June 29th, 2018, 12:14 AM
No one I know uses military time except my dad (sometimes). He's ex military.
azurzg
June 29th, 2018, 03:17 AM
So, time goes from 0:00 to 23:59 where I am from.

I find it very hard to figure out what is 12:00 PM or 12:00 AM.
0:00 is midnight, 12:00 is noon, neither is AM nor PM.

Also, when someone says 12:30 AM - what is that?!?!
How does time start at 12 instead of 0?!?
Tim the Enchanter
June 29th, 2018, 07:08 PM
Course in the US like in schools we military time isnt used and everything. But I'm kinda used to both military time and the other form.
Gvanni
June 30th, 2018, 11:04 AM
So, time goes from 0:00 to 23:59 where I am from.

I find it very hard to figure out what is 12:00 PM or 12:00 AM.
0:00 is midnight, 12:00 is noon, neither is AM nor PM.

Also, when someone says 12:30 AM - what is that?!?!
How does time start at 12 instead of 0?!?

It’s actually quite historic dating back to Mesopotamia and Egypt, it’s like that to distinguish between night and daytime. It may be more confusing but it was helpful at one point. America got it from Britain who later switched to the 24 hour system during the mechanical era. What may seem weird to you is normal for us and may seem normal to you is weird for us. I couldn’t imagine saying it’s 17 o clock. Or saying it’s 17:45 right now.