Time Syncronization

Here is a question, and i say this only because a recent post got me thinking. Who here uses what time system? we all have gotten used to GMT(+/-) but i recently noticed some deviation in the numerolagy used.


In the U.S. standerd time is desplayed like this  9:33 PM

Military time is displayed like this 21:33:08


SO... my question is, who uses what system as there standard?



((END NOTE: Nothing is being changed or anything i am simply asking out of curiosity so that i can accommodate people best when i list events & such))

Your military system is basic time for us in germany here.

Brazil, south/latin-america, 16h:00min GMT - 3

And that's the only one I understand, the other ones I don't get them   

Yes military time in general is used by the majority of the world's countries.

I use military time as standard, 1. Because im in the military, 2. Its Easier to understand.

i am Central standard time, we tend to go by the 12 hour am pm system, but if i can convert the time zones i can make sense of a military time

Animayhem wrote:Yes military time in general is used by the majority of the world's countries.

Yuck...

But if it helps i can always adapt; after all that's why i asked.

I don't see why is it yucky. Each day has 24 hours. It keeps track of them past 12. Hour one is hour one, hour 13 is hour 13, hour 20 is hour 20, etc. I'm used to both systems but I like the military hours better.

Its "Yucky" because its something new for me to get used to. Where i live you cant even buy a clock that has that format because noone uses it here, which in turn means that i am not used to doing that conversion. You might love it and that's fine but its something that will take getting used to for me.

Friends,
I agree, military time is more universally understood even if the civilian USA does not typically use it. The trick is just to remember to add 12 to the hour shown on your clock for any hour after noon (12).

Be well. Game on.
GM_ODA

While I typically use the am/pm method, most of the systems I use at work use military, so I'm just as used to reading that. I'm GMT -7 so 2000 GMT is 1300 for me, or rather 1PM

Ragdoll_Knight wrote:While I typically use the am/pm method, most of the systems I use at work use military, so I'm just as used to reading that.  I'm GMT -7 so 2000 GMT is 1300 for me, or rather 1PM

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I honestly don't understand why people have such problems with military time. It isn't hard, just slightly different.

Exactly. Took me a few minutes and examples, but now I can do the conversion in a few seconds in my head

I honestly don't understand why people have such problems with military time. It isn't hard, just slightly different.

Because there not used to it...   

You guys are taking this way too personally. I am the one offering to adjust to better suit you by using a time system i have never used before. It frustrates me for that very reason, i have never used it before... Ever..

Shar wrote:

I honestly don't understand why people have such problems with military time. It isn't hard, just slightly different.

Because there not used to it...   

You guys are taking this way too personally. I am the one offering to adjust to better suit you by using a time system i have never used before. It frustrates me for that very reason, i have never used it before... Ever..

Hehe, don't worry Shar, you'll get used to it, but if you don't want to, you can use the am/pm way too. At least from my part, it doesn't make too much of a difference. And as ODA said, to get pm hours, just count how many numbers after noon.

Easier way for you Shar is to maybe put things this way:

Example:

6pm NY
4Pm Chicago
3pm Seattle

1800 NY
1600 Chicago
1500 Seattle


Hours before 12pm are 1-12 after that two zeros added. 1200, 1300 and numbers got you to 2400 indiciating the 24hrs in a day.

The trick is remembering how many hours between US and other countries. There are onlune resources for tat that you can save.