15:00 is 3:00 AM, right?? And if it's 1:56 PM now, then in 13 hours it'll be about 15:00??
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15:00 is 3:00 AM, right?? And if it's 1:56 PM now, then in 13 hours it'll be about 15:00??
15:00 is 3pm. The date changes at midnight, not noon, making midnight 0:00.
If you were using the far superior 24 hour system, this wouldn't be a problem.
Oh yeah. I wasn't thinking. Thanks. I thought something was wrong with it :\Quote:
Originally Posted by DuB
Shut up, you don't exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marvo
Sorry, but... you really don't know how 24 hour clocks work..?
The 24 hour format is used by like... every digital clock ever.
No, I know how they work. I just thought something was wrong with the time I came up with and there was.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xei
Here in the States (and Canada I think), we don't use the 24hr clock system. However, most digital clocks (watches or cell phones) have that option, and some analog watches/ clocks will have it. Most don't even bother with it because why use it if it's not going to be understood? However, I usually will set it on my phone because I like to use itQuote:
Originally Posted by Xei
Plus, a lot of times, the time you say is implied. "When are we going to meet?" "4". Obviously not 4am. The only time 24hrs is needed is for things like tickets for planes, busses, trains, boats, etc. Otherwise, it's "when do you want to see the movie?" "How about 10 this evening/ at night/ in the morning." Not that hard, but w/e
Jesus. Also. 1200am is 2400hrs, and 1201am is 0001hrs. Incase you didn't know :)
Can't you use either 24:00 or 00:00 for 12:00AM??Quote:
Originally Posted by Armistice
No, it's 00:00 (AM) only.
Sorry for thinking you were an idiot, I didn't realise they don't use it in the states. It was like you just asked everybody how to add up, or spell. The 24 hour system is ubiquitous in the UK, especially for timetabled things like transport, or on digital displays, though in speech we almost always use the 12 hour system because it's pretty obvious which one you mean.
I was a military brat yet "military time" (the 24hr system) still never took with me.
But I REALLY suck at math.
I use both fingers and toes just to add and subtract even basic problems.
I have a hard time with analogue clocks too. Like, if it's 4:48, I'll think it's 3:48... and even then I have to count the lines :blush:
Digital is my friend :D
It's alright. I didn't realize they used it in the UK XDQuote:
Originally Posted by Xei
24:00 as a time of day isn't technically correct because this would represent the first minute of the 25th hour, and as you know, there are only 24 hours in a day. However, you may sometimes see a reference to 24:00 when discussing durations, as in a specific event that lasts for 24 hours.
Like 24/7 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week)?
Actually, I meant you would go from 24:00 to 00:01 but you could also go from 00:00 to 00:01 but that 24:01 would not be correct.Quote:
Originally Posted by DuB
I know what you meant. Like I said, that's not technically correct because there is no such time as 24:00, as there are only 24 hours in a day. 24:00 would be 24 hours plus 1 minute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia
No, more like a train ride that lasts 24 hours. Wikipedia has some words on this issue on this page: "The notation 24:00 mainly serves to refer to the exact end of a day in a time interval. A typical usage is giving opening hours ending at midnight, e.g. "00:00–24:00", "07:00–24:00". Similarly, some railway timetables show 00:00 as departure time and 24:00 as arrival time. Legal contracts often run from the start date at 00:00 till the end date at 24:00. It should be stressed, however, that "24:00" is a notation for the purposes of clarity and does not represent a distinct clock time."Quote:
Originally Posted by Zhaylin
I see....Quote:
Originally Posted by DuB
Lots of Canada (especially Quebec) uses the 24h system.Quote:
Originally Posted by Armistice
Especially Quebec?? Are you hung if you have a 12-hour clock??Quote:
Originally Posted by Spartiate
Hmm... I am using both for my part...I would say that I use most the 12-hour one.
Oh...And if you didn't see my profile, I am from Canada(Quebec).
Thank god you haven't been hung yet‼Quote:
Originally Posted by reere
That's probably true for all of Europe. I know for Germany it is..Quote:
Originally Posted by Xei
To say something like 22 o'clock would work fine. To say it's quarter past 22 would sound weird, though. To say 'twentytwo-fifteen' on the other hand would work fine again. But most people, if asked for the time for example and no specification is neccessary at all would probably just say it's quarter past ten. But both is understood.
We don't have am or pm though, but it works just as fine to specifify the time of day, like four in the morning or eleven at night would be common things to say.
This confuses me very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by dajo
Do you think a lot about how you construct your sentences and word order while you write?
It's just how it got established, I know what's right by the sound of it, because that's how I learned it. I could never get on board with feet, inches, pounds and all that jazz. That's what confuses me for example.
Ah, I see now.Quote:
Originally Posted by dajo
The clock is five goats past chicken.
Fucking America :(
I laughed out loud :D
13 hours later it will be about 03:00.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jesus of Suburbia