@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-square169fedilinkarrow-up1451arrow-down120
arrow-up1431arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.@[email protected] to ShowerthoughtsEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square169fedilink
minus-squareDr. WeskerlinkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year ago24 hr time should be the global standard too, IMO. Reduce all possibilities of confusion, I say.
minus-squarewarmlinkfedilink10•edit-21 year agoTo be honest, it’s mainly just USA that just use 12-hour (and call 24-hour “military time”?), the large majority of the world use both interchangeably.
minus-square@betterdeadthanredditlinkEnglish6•1 year agoAlso adopt UTC as global time while we’re improving things. No more messing around with all those different time zones, one is enough.
minus-square@FeathercrownlinkEnglish4•1 year agoIf we’re doing this I’m referring to the hour past midnight as 0:XX and not 24:XX and you can’t stop me
minus-square@toynbeelink11•1 year agoMaybe I’m missing the joke, but I’m pretty sure 00:XX is correct. Please do not judge me too harshly if I’m wooshing.
24 hr time should be the global standard too, IMO. Reduce all possibilities of confusion, I say.
To be honest, it’s mainly just USA that just use 12-hour (and call 24-hour “military time”?), the large majority of the world use both interchangeably.
Also adopt UTC as global time while we’re improving things. No more messing around with all those different time zones, one is enough.
If we’re doing this I’m referring to the hour past midnight as 0:XX and not 24:XX and you can’t stop me
Maybe I’m missing the joke, but I’m pretty sure 00:XX is correct.
Please do not judge me too harshly if I’m wooshing.
so would just saying am pm all the time.