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I hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace. (midwest.social)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/showerthoughts
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (4 children)

24 hr time should be the global standard too, IMO. Reduce all possibilities of confusion, I say.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

To be honest, it's mainly just USA that just use 12-hour (and call 24-hour "military time"?), the large majority of the world use both interchangeably.

[–] betterdeadthanreddit 6 points 9 months ago

Also adopt UTC as global time while we're improving things. No more messing around with all those different time zones, one is enough.

[–] Feathercrown 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If we're doing this I'm referring to the hour past midnight as 0:XX and not 24:XX and you can't stop me

[–] toynbee 11 points 9 months ago

Maybe I'm missing the joke, but I'm pretty sure 00:XX is correct.

Please do not judge me too harshly if I'm wooshing.

[–] joel_feila 1 points 9 months ago

so would just saying am pm all the time.