Why is it that Americans refer to 24 hour time as military time? I understand that the military uses the 24hr format but I don’t understand why the general public would refer to it like that?

It makes it seem like it’s a foreign concept where as in a lot of countries it’s the norm.

  • Rediphile
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    8 months ago

    Hard to consider using 24hr time amongst the ‘dumb shit’ though.

    • ggiesen
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      8 months ago

      Agreed. I use 24 hour time on all my devices, working in IT it just makes things easier.