Do you use the 24 hour clock aka millitary time ?

32 comments

1. Nope

2. I don’t, but I wouldn’t have a problem using military time if I had to.

3. I use it at work and when volunteering with ARES (Amateur Radio Emergency Service). The rest of the time I use 12-hour time.

4. No.

5. The 12 hour clock is far more common but many still do use the 24 hour clock

6. No, but im able to convert the time in under 60 seconds

7. Yeah we know and no I personally don’t because I don’t need to

8. I only do with my overseas clients, in my day-to-day life I generally don’t.

9. I’d say something like 99% of people (and clocks) outside the military use 12-hour time in the US, hence 24-hour time being called military time. 24-hour time is common for some niche uses like computer log files (partly because it makes them easier to sort), but it’s not at all common in general.

10. I use 24-hour time for personal uses, and sometimes when (for example) it would be confusing to have to keep clarifying AM and PM repeatedly.

    Apart from that though? I don’t see any particular advantage to 24-hour time. It’s not like AM vs PM isn’t usually obvious from the context, and in the rare instances when it is, it’s easy to clarify.

11. Never

    It’s not a stereotype.. It’s real. We almost always use 12 hr time

12. I do not.

13. I do. Visited Europe in college and switched to it to adjust and never switched back. Also helps for not messing up alarm clocks

14. I do, yeah. Most of the people I know don’t though.

15. no

16. The only people I know who use military time were literally military. Even most of the military people I know don’t use it.

17. I tend to use it out of convenience on my devices since I live in Europe, but I use am and pm when speaking in normal conversation. I also tend to translate 24 time into am and pm in my head as well since that’s what I’m used to.

18. Not anymore.

    I grew up with it.

    I used it when I worked in an hospital setting.

19. Most people know it. Some people, including me use it. Many Americans know that Brits use it.

20. I don’t have any issues converting back and forth, but I think in and use 2×12.

21. I did in the Navy. Got no reason to as a civilian.

22. I used to work for a defense contractor. All the computers there used military time, so I just got used to it. Now I just prefer it because it’s less ambiguous.

23. No.

    The only Americans that use Military time are those that work for the Military.

24. We know how to use it, but the average American doesn’t in every day life. If I were to ever get confused as to whether it’s am/pm, I would just look out a window.

25. I have my phone on 24 hour time just because I’ve accidentally set my alarm for PM instead of AM and been late for work a couple times.

    But no, it’s not commonly used here outside of the military, healthcare, and first responders communities.

26. I understand it without issue but don’t use it in day to day life.

27. Yes. I used to work for a German company and adopted it since.

    I wish more Americans adopted it since most don’t even know what AM and PM mean.

    Edit: I’ll eat downvotes for your state’s education system not telling you what AM/PM mean.

28. Can you explain why it’s the 3PM kickoff and not the 1500 kickoff?

    Edit: this is for the premier league btw. I’ll see ads for it occasionally. And I’ve often wondered why it was like that.

    I actually use the 24 hour clock myself.

29. I use 24 hour time. Most hospitals do too.

30. We know it, it’s just not commonly used.

31. I do sometimes but most people never do. My biggest hate is people who use “Eastern Standard Time” to mean “Eastern Conventional Time” regardless of whether we’re doing Daylight Saving. Especially people who should know better because they work in technology. Especially people who work in SRE.

32. Yeah some people do but it’s not a cultural standard it’s just pointless for a civilian to know 24-hour time though.