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Depends. Some people will say "21 Uhr", some people will say "9 Uhr", one isn't more formal than the other.
Of course with the 12h format you always need additional context to know if you mean in the moring or in the evening, since we don't use "am/pm".
I always prefer 24 uhr ;) format and usually set my devices to it, but I feel it is too formal to tell a friend, "hey, I will call you at 1700 hours"
Yeah, I've had a couple of Americans ask me why I use "military time", which was confusing at first. But at least in German it's totally normal.
For me, it depends. 1700 Hours is definitely weird and military in my experience. But 17:00 isn't. The difference is how you write and say it. The first reads as 17 hundred hours, while the other is 17 o'clock.
That's actually not a thing. It goes from 23:59 to 00:00
And when you'd say it it would be "23 Uhr 59" to "0 Uhr".
I meant to say 24 hour format there