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minus-squarePlaidBaron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up83·9 days agoAmericans: ‘Military Time’ The rest of the world: ‘Time’
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·8 days agoIt’s not nearly that clean of a split. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_representation_by_country
minus-squareNotSteve_@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoThe split is Americans calling it military time when it’s just a 24 hour clock
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·7 days ago“Military time” is technically different from other 24 hour notation, but for a lot of Americans the military was the first (or only) situation they used it in so the connotation makes sense.
Americans: ‘Military Time’
The rest of the world: ‘Time’
It’s not nearly that clean of a split. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date_and_time_representation_by_country
The split is Americans calling it military time when it’s just a 24 hour clock
“Military time” is technically different from other 24 hour notation, but for a lot of Americans the military was the first (or only) situation they used it in so the connotation makes sense.