Sheril KirshenbaumThe History of Earth as a 24 hr clock. Humans have only just arrived.
Note: I first came across this image through UW-Madison geology. #science #SharedPlanet
Fish Id Wardrobe@Sheril That's not a 24 hour clock.
TVanhoof (hij/hem)(he/him)@fishidwardrobe @Sheril
When a circle is divided in such a way that 24 hours are divided equally over its circumference, one can safely describe it as "a 24hr clock", don't you think? 🙂 But if you don't consider this to be a 24hr clock, then what does such a clock do look like, according to you?
When a circle is divided in such a way that 24 hours are divided equally over its circumference, one can safely describe it as "a 24hr clock", don't you think? 🙂 But if you don't consider this to be a 24hr clock, then what does such a clock do look like, according to you?
@t_vanhoof @Sheril Well, a clock with hands is always a twelve hour clock. But more importantly, two in the afternoon in the 24 hour clock is not "2:00". It's "14:00". Because a 24 hour clock, by definition, does not go back to 0 after 12; that's a 12 hour clock.
@fishidwardrobe @Sheril
No it's not. Though I admit that the time indications better would have used 1400hrs syntax and so on, or at least mentioned AM and PM at the time indications of the events. This representation has just most probably been made by an American or at least someone used to AM and PM instead of SI notation. Which makes it look strange or even "wrong" for us.
No it's not. Though I admit that the time indications better would have used 1400hrs syntax and so on, or at least mentioned AM and PM at the time indications of the events. This representation has just most probably been made by an American or at least someone used to AM and PM instead of SI notation. Which makes it look strange or even "wrong" for us.
@t_vanhoof @Sheril
Come on. We learn this in junior school. It's not really up for debate. You can display the data any way you please, but a 24 hour clock goes 0-24.
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock
* https://www.thefreedictionary.com/24-hour%20clock
* https://www.math.net/24-hour-clock
* https://www.mathsisfun.com/time.html
Come on. We learn this in junior school. It's not really up for debate. You can display the data any way you please, but a 24 hour clock goes 0-24.
* https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock
* https://www.thefreedictionary.com/24-hour%20clock
* https://www.math.net/24-hour-clock
* https://www.mathsisfun.com/time.html