The UK, as is often the case with these things, uses a horrible cursed halfway house system. I have every digital clock I own set to 24h time but know that I would get weird looks if I made plans with someone to meet at 18
Same in Finland for spoken and some written (chat) stuff, that’s where most of the time 12h is used, with just “let’s meet at six” (no am or pm but clarified if not obvious from context).
Some people use one 24h, other am/pm, but everything related to clocks always has the choice to use one or the other configurable. Most people use 24h format and most public info and tv shows and all that usually uses 24h. When I was a kid am/pm was used in more places, not sure why.
Basically everyone knows how to use both, it’s obvious and straightforward, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone ever not being able to know the time whichever foat was shown. Am/pm comes more often in informal talking when context of the conversation is obvious since it’s much easier to say snack at 3 than snack is at 15.
Does Europe not use AM/PM?
Nope “military time” as you call it, all the way babbyyyy
Not military time. Just 24 hour clock
I don’t think I’ve ever seen any country other than the USA using the 12 hour system
The UK, as is often the case with these things, uses a horrible cursed halfway house system. I have every digital clock I own set to 24h time but know that I would get weird looks if I made plans with someone to meet at 18
Same in Finland for spoken and some written (chat) stuff, that’s where most of the time 12h is used, with just “let’s meet at six” (no am or pm but clarified if not obvious from context).
Took me the longest time to understand what y’all meant by half-six. 5:30? 6:30? Now I’m unsure again. It is half past six, correct?
It is in the UK! I fucked up a couple of times in Germany because it’s the other way round there
Some people use one 24h, other am/pm, but everything related to clocks always has the choice to use one or the other configurable. Most people use 24h format and most public info and tv shows and all that usually uses 24h. When I was a kid am/pm was used in more places, not sure why.
Basically everyone knows how to use both, it’s obvious and straightforward, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone ever not being able to know the time whichever foat was shown. Am/pm comes more often in informal talking when context of the conversation is obvious since it’s much easier to say snack at 3 than snack is at 15.
We just say 3 and expect you to understand that we aren’t meeting in the middle off the night for a snack, context matters.
I’ll never know what 12 AM and 12 PM are.
It’s used in spoken language, especially in combination with quarter past and stuff, but not in writing in not in the setting of digital watches
i have almost never seen anyone use quarter past/till around here
Germany is divided into “quarter past/till” and “quarter/three quarter” but each with the 12h system.
never been there
Where are you from? Europe is big
texas
no
That’s cool, I didn’t know you guys did that. I use 24 hour time at work and it confuses half of folks and the other half appreciate it
We use a mix in the UK, I prefer to use 24h when written down though, and my alarm app doesn’t mention am/pm
Romania uses it along with the other system