AM/PM and 24 hour

[Bullshit]

Okay. In Denmark we use the 24 hour system. But in the states you using AM/PM. And i just resently just learn what AM and PM stands for. But now somthing i dont understand. If the clock is 12:00 in 24 hour system. What is it in AM or PM is it 12AM or 00PM :banghead: I dont see it

[walterbrunswick]

Okay. In Denmark we use the 24 hour system. But in the states you using AM/PM. And i just resently just learn what AM and PM stands for. But now somthing i dont understand. If the clock is 12:00 in 24 hour system. What is it in AM or PM is it 12AM or 00PM :banghead: I dont see it

What does "in the states" mean? The U.S. military uses the 24-hour clock. Some police departments use the 24-hour clock. My aunt in Canada works at a hospital and they use the 24-hour clock. I use 24-hour time at my security job.

At 1200 hours it is 12:00 PM. At 0000 hours it is 12:00 AM.

EDIT: Actually using the 24-clock is rather quite commonplace in professions and the government, from the best of my knowledge. Everything from writing up receipts to reports to parking tickets.

[Bullshit]

What does "in the states" mean? The U.S. military uses the 24-hour clock. Some police departments use the 24-hour clock. My aunt in Canada works at a hospital and they use the 24-hour clock. I use 24-hour time at my security job.

Lol i just thought that everyone in US was using AM/PM.

[Bullshit]

Why are my posts getting removed?

Good question. Nothings wrong with it

[walterbrunswick]

Like I added to my first post: I think using 24-hour time is commonplace here. People in a lot of professions use it, from contractors to doctors to government employees.

[Bullshit]

Like I added to my first post: I think using 24-hour time is commonplace here. People in a lot of professions use it, from contractors to doctors to government employees.

Think i begin to understand it:icon_mrgreen:

[Kavinsky]

1 - 12 am morning hours 1 - 12 pm afternoon till morning hours

1 - 12 for the europeans then 1300 to 2400 for you

and yes everyone in the usa uses AM to PM

[Bullshit]

1 - 12 am morning hours 1 - 12 pm afternoon till morning hours

1 - 12 for the europeans then 1300 to 2400 for you

and yes everyone in the usa uses AM to PM

and there i lost it again:banghead:

[walterbrunswick]

and there i lost it again:banghead:

They use both.

[Bullshit]

They use both.

okay. But what is most common?

[walterbrunswick]

okay. But what is most common?

Outside of the workplace, the 12-hour clock is definitely more common.

Such as "Meet me for lunch at 12 PM" or "Let's go to the movies at 8 PM" or "I woke up at 9:30 AM".

Inside the workplace, it depends.

[Bullshit]

Outside of the workplace, the 12-hour clock is definitely more common.

Such as "Meet me for lunch at 12 PM" or "Let's go to the movies at 8 PM" or "I woke up at 9:30 AM".

Inside the workplace, it depends.

wow. USA is hard to understand

[acolyte_to_jippity]

i use military time personally. laptop's configured to it, my digital watch is (when i wear it), alarm clock, and i just naturally think in it.

solves so many problems.

[OMGBEARS]

What does "in the states" mean? The U.S. military uses the 24-hour clock. Some police departments use the 24-hour clock. My aunt in Canada works at a hospital and they use the 24-hour clock. I use 24-hour time at my security job.

I find this post to be very offensive.

Anyways, your run-of-the-mill American will only really know the 12-hour clock and it's generally those who are in the military/paramilitary (police, etc) or are in corporate america who know the 24-hour clock.

A lot of people generally know both to make things easier. The 12-hour clock is slowly but surely getting phased out.

[loka]

North America uses am/pm to tell time since the clock only goes through 12 and starts back at 1. And it is not just the "USA" that uses the 12 hour clock system. The military, aviation, navigation, meteorology, astronomy, computing, logistics, emergency services, and hospital services use 24 hour time because they want to avoid conflict in paperwork as far as someone writing "this person had this at 4." Well really wtf does that mean? So to avoid confusion and potential lawsuits and other problems they would say 1600 and it would be obvious it happened at 4pm in the afternoon.