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12 hour clock vs 24 hour clock

Started by leo, February 24, 2015, 07:32:43 AM

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widdershins

The 24 hour clock does make more sense, but in the US people who use it are either military or weird.
This sentence is a lie...

Gawdzilla Sama

Quote from: widdershins on January 06, 2017, 10:26:55 AM
The 24 hour clock does make more sense, but in the US people who use it are either military or weird.
Redundant.
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BettaPonic

I grew up in a military family. My dad, a navy man of 20 years, uses 24 hour clock on everything. He gets mildly annoyed whenever it is called military time.

Baruch

Quote from: BettaPonic on January 14, 2017, 09:28:23 PM
I grew up in a military family. My dad, a navy man of 20 years, uses 24 hour clock on everything. He gets mildly annoyed whenever it is called military time.

The Soviet Union was weird ... they had a 24 hour clock, but started it at noon instead of midnight ;-)
Ha’át’íísh baa naniná?
Azee’ Å,a’ish nanídį́į́h?
Táadoo ánít’iní.
What are you doing?
Are you taking any medications?
Don't do that.

tanny


Cavebear

I recall a joke from many years past.  A somber news anchor reports that it is 9 pm in Washington DC, 1 am in London, and a squeaky voice comes in and says it is 9:38 in Baltimore MD...

Sorry, we Washington folks don't like Baltimore.  LOL!
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Cavebear

But seriously, if you can't tell whether it is 4 am or 4 pm, you are in a heap of trouble...

Granted, decimal seems better.
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Hydra009

Semi-related: the guys at Bible Reloaded were reviewing a movie that they expected to be 1 hour and 15 minutes long and were dismayed to learn was almost 2 hours long.  What gives?

DVD label:  "Runtime: 115 minutes"

:embarrassed:

Cavebear

Quote from: Hydra009 on February 20, 2017, 01:39:23 AM
Semi-related: the guys at Bible Reloaded were reviewing a movie that they expected to be 1 hour and 15 minutes long and were dismayed to learn was almost 2 hours long.  What gives?

DVD label:  "Runtime: 115 minutes"

:embarrassed:

They think the world was created in 4004 BC ; they aren't real good at measuring time.
Atheist born, atheist bred.  And when I die, atheist dead!

Hydra009

The DVD was labeled correctly, the Bible Reloaded guys goofed.

SGOS

Quote from: Hydra009 on February 20, 2017, 01:39:23 AM
Semi-related: the guys at Bible Reloaded were reviewing a movie that they expected to be 1 hour and 15 minutes long and were dismayed to learn was almost 2 hours long.  What gives?

DVD label:  "Runtime: 115 minutes"

:embarrassed:

I do that to myself all the time.  I know all about 60 minutes in an hour, and have sufficient math skills, but when I see "115 minutes", I gravitate to automatically thinking a hour and a few minutes.  In fact, I had to reread your post a couple of times, just to see the error.

Cavebear

Another good reason for decimal time.
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