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Originally Posted by Mickey_
I grew up using military time (24 hour format) but prefer to use AM/PM. Much simpler and has more meaning in every day life. Why go through the trouble of deducting 12 from the military format to find out what time it actually is? But to each his own, of course.  |
hey, think about it for a minute, it is the other time around, there are 24 hours int he day not 12, with regular time, when it is after noon, you have to add 12 hours to know what time it really is, not the other way around.
you mind adjusts, I went to high school on a military base, and we used military time, I had not used it before. Day 1 it was confusing, Day 10 I no longer had to think about subtracting 12 hours, you knew it by heart, Day 25, you stop comparing the two systems at all, because the comparison is irrelevant, you no longer think "ok 2100 is 9pm" you think 2100 is 2100, and when someone says it is 9 pm, you convert it to your new system.