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[–] 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.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 6 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

military time is NOT 24 hour time! Stop mixing the two.

military time doesn't use minutes and hours but rather merges the two - 16:45 becomes 1645, and so on.

24 hour time still distincts minutes and hours.

[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 0 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

TV time and military time don't even use 24 hours. You can have a TV show that goes from 23:30 to 25:15 (25>24, in 24h it would be 01:15).

I imagine those who call 24h "military time" also say "I'll be home from work on Friday at 4100 AM", which makes about the same amount of sense.

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