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Military time is easy. Subtract 12 from 1300 to get 1 pm, 1900 to get 7 pm, 2300 is 11 pm 2400 is midnight then it starts 0100 which is 1 am, 0200 which is 2 am up to 1200 which is noon. We learned this in Arithmetic in grade school. Arithmetic sounds smarter then Math. I wonder why it was changed.
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12 a.m. is at night because "a.m." means "after midnight"...........to me anyway, LOL!
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I just think, 12:30 am is in the middle of the night, so 12:00 am is too.
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To avoid confusion I always use 12:01. That way 12:01 pm is in the afternoon and 12:01 am is in the wee-wee hours of the morning. I try not to use 12:00 when setting an alarm.
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Try working in decimal time! 23:75 = 11:45 pm. When I worked in construction materials dispatch, we charged by the minute for the trucks and so we worked in decimal time, because it's easier for billing. Confusing at first, but it actually makes sense once you get used to it.
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I am German so I use the 24 hour clock. I also use the metric system. Both have come in handy dandy for me here in the US. We are military and I have worked as a Chemist :)
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Decades ago our division manager changed everything to military time for accuracy and consistency. I think that is great. When younger son went in the armed forces, I started using military time for personal notes and correspondence. It remains an opportunity to remember to send up a prayer for those who serve and those who served. I do the same for the date: 7 August 2017.
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Originally Posted by lynnie
(Post 7881082)
12 am is midnight, 12 pm is in the afternoon
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Originally Posted by bearisgray
(Post 7880983)
What time is it?
I think the 24-hour clock makes more sense because then I know that 12:00 is in the middle of day time (in many parts of the world) and 24:00 is in the middle of the night (in most parts of the world). I tried looking up "the answer" and just got myself more confused. Local Solar Time is when the sun is highest overhead at a given spot. I wonder if there would be any way to synchonize the clocks so that when someone says something happened at 3:15 AM in Moscow, the clock in Nebraska would also say 3:15 am. Does everyone in the world count time in 24 hour segments? |
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