GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agoI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.message-squaremessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down120
arrow-up1429arrow-down1message-squareI hear phrases like "half-past", "quarter til", and "quarter after" way less often since digital clocks have became more commonplace.GiuseppeAndTheYeti@midwest.social to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square167fedilink
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·4 months ago24 hr time should be the global standard too, IMO. Reduce all possibilities of confusion, I say.
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-24 months agoTo 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.
minus-squarebetterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 months agoAlso adopt UTC as global time while we’re improving things. No more messing around with all those different time zones, one is enough.
minus-squareFeathercrown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoIf 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
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months agoMaybe 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.
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 months agoso would just saying am pm all the time.
24 hr time should be the global standard too, IMO. Reduce all possibilities of confusion, I say.
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.
Also adopt UTC as global time while we’re improving things. No more messing around with all those different time zones, one is enough.
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
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.
so would just saying am pm all the time.