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Hi, Everyone.

I correspond over e-mail regularly with someone who lives in the UK, and they refer to time in a 24-hour timeframe all the time (e.g, 15:30, rather than 2:30PM).  Is this a regular Britishism?  I always feel like I'm either in the military or reading 1984 when I read that. :)




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 Posted: 07:45 pm

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Brian wrote: Hi, Everyone.

I correspond over e-mail regularly with someone who lives in the UK, and they refer to time in a 24-hour timeframe all the time (e.g, 15:30, rather than 2:30PM).  Is this a regular Britishism?  I always feel like I'm either in the military or reading 1984 when I read that. :)

Brian, I don't know anyone who uses the 24-hour timeframe all the time.  I may be wrong but I feel it's not that common over here.
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Never known the British to do that. We do here in Norway a lot.

By the way....... 15:30 is 3:30 PM, not 2:30




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i use it all the time (almost) it's a military or cop thing, not inherently British, who are 5 hours ahead of eastern standard. (GMT).





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Lady Cop wrote: i use it all the time (almost) it's a military or cop thing, not inherently British, who are 5 hours ahead of eastern standard. (GMT).
Well I'm 6 hours ahead..............but that's cause I swam farther:giantgrin:




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If it's not a Britishism, then my working theory is that it's easier to type "13:30" than it is "1:30 PM", etc.  It might just be one of those creeping Internet colloquialisms.  (I can't stand most of those, but at least this one would denote a modicum of intellect..)




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It would also be correct with a large part of the world............lol




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newbiecollector wrote: It would also be correct with a large part of the world............lol
A large part of the world doesn't use the 12hr clock?  ::scratch::




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nope........but I didn't do it.............lol




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I haven't used 12 hour clock since I was taught 24 hour clock in primary school.

24 hour clock makes more sense and is more practical than 12 hour clock, but I work for the police and 24 hour clock is the method of time recording used in the force so perhaps I am biased.

  
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 Posted: 12:17 pm

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Guilty

I use it all the time :littleangel:

 

Currently 12:16 here. :giantgrin:
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Wendybird wrote: Guilty

I use it all the time :littleangel:

 

Currently 12:16 here. :giantgrin:


Use it all the time here in Norway. Once you get use to it it is automatic (it took me maybe 2 days to get use to it).

It is 13:20 here right now

 




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In Australia, I guess the 12 hour clock is still more common. But these days things run day and night  and people work a variety of hours too. Particularly in land and air transport timetables, the 24 hour clock avoids misunderstandings and is gaining ground. I use it a lot myself. 

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