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[–] s@piefed.world 17 points 3 weeks ago (30 children)

Where in the world is it standardized to write times like that?

[–] CyberEgg@discuss.tchncs.de 11 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

O'clock is pretty british. HH:MM is normal in the more civilised areas of Europe (aka the rest of Europe).

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (11 children)

Generally O'Clock is used with a 12 hour clock and AM/PM is implied by context, if you need specificity use millitary time (i.e 24 hr clock - 1600). As an Australian I find 16 O'Clock a bit jarring.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

First of, in Europe we use ISO 8601, which is quite different from the military time which the USA uses.

Second, in my home country we still say "16 on the clock" or "15:45 on the clock" (just translated to the native language, eg. "Klokken 16") to signify we're talking time and not weight or distance.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

You said

O’clock is pretty british

I was speaking to that (Australia is very similar).

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