Military Time vs 24hr?

governorkeagan@lemdro.id to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 231 points –

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.

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Quebec uses 24h, rest of Canada uses 12h.

Quebec does a lot of dumb shit that isn't consistent with the rest of Canada

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

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

Shocking that a distinct society, a separate nation within Canada, has different customs…