Idk I mean... I never use military time but I know how to tell it. Personally my reasoning is that it isn't widely used enough here that if I know I have a 430pm appointment, and I look at someones clock and it says its 1519 I gotta say shit am I late what actual time is it? and then do the conversion in my head. It doesn't take long of course, but I see it like if I asked someone how fast a thing was moving or how much of an ingredient to add and they gave me metric, I'd be like "no I didn't ask for a math problem."
I don't think I even notice anymore since I've been using a 24hr clock since college. It's just easier and you never have that panic of waking up from a nap and thinking you're late for work or whatever.
I get it the other way. ill be up doing something at like 22:00 or something planning to go to bed at 23:00 or on the hour and ill see someone say something about it already being 10:30 without putting PM on it in discord or something and ill have a mini-panic attack before i realize there isnt any light coming in my window
I kinda use both (albeit 24h is more frequent for me) and this kind of post feels so weird like... To me it's so automatic, I had never even realized it could require some sort of adjustment / conscious reflexion to navigate between the two.
Most major industries use the 24 hour clock/employees use it in an office setting. Especially if you work in logistica or trade because it's much easier to transition between countries/time zones with it.
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