America
2026-04-12 14:55 UTC
Replies (40)
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@hansolo@lemmy.today 2026-04-12 19:45
Large parts of the world use 24h time regularly. Only Americans, as far as I know, really struggle with 24h time, roundabouts, and bidets as concepts.
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@IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 16:19
are Americans really confused with 15:30?
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@Crackhappy@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 03:06
Jack Bauer wants to know your location. And if you don’t tell him he will torture your wife.
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@Mac@mander.xyz 2026-04-13 01:00
24hr time is simply superior in every way. I don’t get why more people dont swap it. I changed mine on a whim years ago and never looked back.
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@dan69@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 22:18
Only in America 24 hour is a 3 month long tv show
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@bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-12 15:12
As someone who grew up with a 24-hour clock, I can deal with 12 hours. Usually there’s no confusion if your store opens at 7am or 7pm. But 12:30PM being a valid time and meaning ‘00:30 on the next day’ fucks me up every time.
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@JamBandFan1996@lemmy.ml 2026-04-13 04:17
Listen, it’s easier, especially when you work with scientific or industrial systems
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@gray@lemmy.ml 2026-04-13 05:50
I just don’t understand what pm and am mean:(
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@MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-13 07:01
In the UK we all (generally) read 24 hour but speak in 12 hour. So we see 15:00 but say 3. Only military peeps talk on 24, and it can sound weird, but people can easily understand them as long as they can parse the who “-hundred” thing (15:00 being fifteen-hundred)
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@YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2026-04-13 02:17
Fuck people who work in logistics right?
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@Datz@szmer.info 2026-04-13 08:16
I remember when I was a kid who joined a mostly American guild with Discord server in Warframe. I was so confused when I wrote the time in 24h and the guy I was chatting with seemed genuinely uncomfortable with me writing in military jargon. (He also believed in ghosts and I had trouble explaining the difference between additive and multiplicative multipliers to him)
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@skisnow@lemmy.ca 2026-04-13 10:17
Looking at how the clock in Windows defaults based on region, it seems to be mostly the Whiter of the former British colonies plus a few South American countries that use 12h (for computing, at least). The rest of the world are all 24h.
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@MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2026-04-13 06:08
It’s still nasty powers of 12.
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@missandry351@lemmings.world 2026-04-12 22:54
Only muricans think 24h clock = military time 😂
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@HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 19:23
I do it because then I don't put my calendar appointments in at oh, 3:00 AM. 15:00 is SOOOOOO much better for adhd me. Also: it makes total sense! 24 hours, 24 separate numbers. It's the most logical conclusion.
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@panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 2026-04-12 15:16
12 hour time is a scam created by clockmakers who wanted to save paint.
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@MatSeFi@lemmy.liebeleu.de 2026-04-12 19:43
Bahh.. The full day is 2π. - 12:00 is π - 15:00 is 3/2π And so on... Sane people use 2π = 𝜏 instead.
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@baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-13 01:05
Hard mode: set time zone to UTC (or Reykjavik; it's the same) and force yourself to add/subtract offset hours every time you want to know local time. Also, this forces you to track when exactly daylight saving time starts and stops. Benefit: you know when space probe stuff happens because they're almost always timestamped UTC. Also, playing Eve Online becomes slightly easier.
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@Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 2026-04-12 15:01
24hr analog watches are the real shit, though! Had a good emulated one on my phone homescreen for a long time, but unfortunately app is not supported by newer versions of Android any more... :-(
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@Soleos@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 06:35
Only in America do they judge people for using the 24hr clock. Most of the rest of the world uses it. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/what-countries-use-24-hour-time
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@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 23:20
There are several industries that run on 24 hour time outside of the military. Ocean shipping, aviation, and medical care off the top of my head. Want to throw a real wrench in the works? Start figuring Zulu time, especially when time changes happen at different times of the year in different countries or US states that don’t change at all. Anyway, 24 hour time is so much easier. No making mistakes forgetting to select AM/PM when setting an alarm or reminder, for instance. Even converting it to 12 hour time takes no thought at all of you use it for a while.
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@SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 21:27
I used to work in radio, and we kept our logs in 24h time.
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@fartographer@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 17:17
My sleep schedule is shit. I set everything to 24 hours so that I don't wake up at 8 PM and think that I'm late for my work at 8 AM.
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@bearboiblake@pawb.social 2026-04-13 14:09
Sometimes I struggle with time perception because of PTSD issues - I'll lose track of whether it's day/evening/night and whether I've slept etc. I accidentally set my watch to 12 hour mode when moving it an hour for daylight savings and it confused the shit out of me. It's so much clearer to glance at and determine if it's evening or daytime when there's no p.m./a.m.
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@daggermoon@piefed.world 2026-04-12 16:44
Someone can't count past 12.
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@hidalgo_islenio@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 20:36
Don't want the payroll people confuse the night shift with the morning shift. It's purely an economical arrangement. Besides I ain't even American.
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@JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-13 20:07
Well I'm glad to be an actual us army veteran so I can unapologetically use the 24-hour format, which is easier & makes more sense than the 12-hour format.
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@roguetrick@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 15:33
And nurses I guess.
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@Someplaceunknown@leminal.space 2026-04-13 12:21
I use 24h time because my frens are of different timezones
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@Fedizen@lemmy.world 2026-04-13 18:55
I do this because I kept setting AM alarms to PM and missing them. We are not the same.
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@gravitywell@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-12 15:38
Well 24 is [the highest number](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYyS0L0uJ7A)
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@MsPenguinette@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 16:37
It’s cause crayons that come in 24 packs taste better than the 12 packs
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@sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz 2026-04-12 15:30
if I eat crayons and let another guy fuck my wife am I larping? would it be stolen valor
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@StarryPhoenix97@lemmy.world 2026-04-12 23:11
tell me about it. I've written three different papers on social media's effects on the brain and I still can't pull away.
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@Obnomus@lemmy.ml 2026-04-13 03:48
Lmao
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@restingOface@quokk.au 2026-04-13 19:35
What is that image getting across to me? Is that from a film or something?
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@lol_idk@piefed.social 2026-04-12 16:05
When it was super critical I wake or not get paid while working in remote areas, you only have to set your alarm to the wrong am/pm once to change to 24 hour time
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@grrgyle@slrpnk.net 2026-04-13 13:50
French?
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@doingthestuff@lemy.lol 2026-04-13 19:03
I just feel like I'm in Europe again. I still prefer 12 hr times.
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@shneancy@lemmy.world 2026-04-14 18:43
speaking of those two formats, most of Europe uses both at the same time and sometimes it's very annoying for us - "you said to meet you at 5!" "oh sorry i meant 15"