The local time is: five past eight.
Jul 26, 2019, 1:19 am
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I wasnt sure if it was obvious I wasnt American, worried about my accent. It quarter past nine I replied. Blank faces. Nine fifteen my next response. They got it.
Jul 26, 2019, 2:02 am
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The thing that used to annoy me until I got a smartwatch was that the time cited is often several minutes out. Yeah, it may not matter in the overall scheme of things, but if you are resetting your watch it matters! And it's not like the crew doesn't have very accurate time information.
Now I don't have to adjust my watch so it bothers me less, but I still see it happening.
And I'm with those who say leave it the way it is. Most Americans simply can't handle "military time" and they are far from alone in that.
Now I don't have to adjust my watch so it bothers me less, but I still see it happening.
And I'm with those who say leave it the way it is. Most Americans simply can't handle "military time" and they are far from alone in that.
Jul 26, 2019, 2:03 am
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Grief, how ridiculous. Who on earth speaks in 24 hours clock time? If you’re too daft to understand 2.15 is 2.15 the afternoon if it is the afternoon and not 2.15 in the morning, then should you be out travelling without a chaperone? I use the 24 hour clock in the car and the house, but until the BBC start calling it the 18 hundred hours news, then so shall I and not before.
Lots of countries speak in 24 hour times. When sending my arrival time to hotels, I mostly find that writing in 24 hour terminology makes it far more clear. 2:15 is an unclear arrival time, 14:15 is very clear. Talking about current time no problem, talking about future time points, less straight forward.
Jul 26, 2019, 2:05 am
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Reminds me of this absolutely brilliant piece by comedian Dave Allen trying to teach his kid how to tell the time. They don’t make comedians like that any more.
Jul 26, 2019, 2:05 am
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And similarly it could be argued that anyone too daft to understand what 21:15 means should not be let out on journeys without a chaperone.
Lots of countries speak in 24 hour times. When sending my arrival time to hotels, I mostly find that writing in 24 hour terminology makes it far more clear. 2:15 is an unclear arrival time, 14:15 is very clear. Talking about current time no problem, talking about future time points, less straight forward.
Lots of countries speak in 24 hour times. When sending my arrival time to hotels, I mostly find that writing in 24 hour terminology makes it far more clear. 2:15 is an unclear arrival time, 14:15 is very clear. Talking about current time no problem, talking about future time points, less straight forward.
Jul 26, 2019, 2:12 am
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And similarly it could be argued that anyone too daft to understand what 21:15 means should not be let out on journeys without a chaperone.
Lots of countries speak in 24 hour times. When sending my arrival time to hotels, I mostly find that writing in 24 hour terminology makes it far more clear. 2:15 is an unclear arrival time, 14:15 is very clear. Talking about current time no problem, talking about future time points, less straight forward.
Lots of countries speak in 24 hour times. When sending my arrival time to hotels, I mostly find that writing in 24 hour terminology makes it far more clear. 2:15 is an unclear arrival time, 14:15 is very clear. Talking about current time no problem, talking about future time points, less straight forward.
Jul 26, 2019, 2:18 am
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If someone stopped you in T5 and asked the time, would you really look at your watch and reply "It's twenty oh five" ?
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Jul 26, 2019, 2:26 am
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It is actually very clever and funny. 22:11= Twenty to Eleven = 10:40PM (22:40)...haha
Jul 26, 2019, 2:27 am
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When I’m doing the announcements, for say 21:15, I would say “it’s 15 minutes past 9 in the evening”. For 20:45, “15 minutes to 9 in the evening”. My ex H is very familiar with the 24 hour clock because of his job, but my bf can’t handle it at all.