governorkeaganOct 25, 2023

Military Time vs 24hr?

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Why is it that Americans refer to 24 hour time as military time? I understand that the military uses the 24hr format but I don’t understand why the general public would refer to it like that? It makes it seem like it’s a foreign concept where as in a lot of countries it’s the norm.

Show threadNemo WumingOct 25, 2023
In the US, the 12-hour clock format is in widespread use, except in the military. That is why it’s called like that.
Show threadgovernorkeaganOct 25, 2023
It’s interesting that it’s not as widespread amongst the public.As far as I know, the rest of the world either uses it or is able to understand it whereas I’ve had the opposite with Americans. I’m a very limited sample size though.
Show threadPlexSheep
As far as I know the Japanese use it aswell. I learned 午後 and 午前 as vocab at least. (Am and pm)
Oct 25, 2023 at 6:31pmWeb