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As an American who uses the 24-hour time, so many people use 12-hour I basically still use 12-hour.

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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Japanese people that understand 24h notation‽ In my experience with language exchange I've always had the issue that language exchange partners didn't understand 24h notation at all!

I also can't remember seeing this notation on opening times in my visits there, but maybe I haven't been paying close attention…

[–] Darohan@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 days ago

This comment is actually really interesting to me, because I was quite excited about all the 24hr time I saw over there, and remember 12hr being used pretty much only in text clearly intended for (english-speaking) foreigners. Not that I doubt your own experience at all, of course, but it did make me wonder where the difference comes from, and also if I'm just going crazy bc you seem to have more experience than I do. Couldn't find anything on regional differences from a cursory search, but FWIW, Wikipedia says that both are used pretty interchangeably, but does have a section on the specific phenomenon I'm talking about

Times past midnight can also be counted past the 24 hour mark, usually when the associated activity spans across midnight. For example, bars or clubs may advertise as being open until "30時" (i.e. 6 am) (See ja:30時間制)

Via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_notation_in_Japan