Dark Huntress

Also known as military time. ANYONE else think a switch should be made from the normal 12 hr system to it?

I mean from time cards to VCRs it would just make life easier!! -_-

Elsa

Honestly, no I'm not for it. I like having the AM/PM difference - and I never could get used to, say, "1800 hours" / 18:00. I just hate having to take an extra few seconds to know that's 6 PM when I can have a watch or clock now tell me the time.

Though I am in favor of getting rid of daylight savings time. Or at the very least have it start and end on the same days every year as opposed to letting it remain a governmental guessing game each time

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Psycho Phoenix

Trust me, for those who have to guess what time it is in other time zones to try and catch people when they're up and about, 24 hour clocks make it a LOT easier.
For example: It is 9:25pm here on AEST (GMT +10:00), if I need to figure out what time it is for someone over in (say) Arizona (GMT -7:00), I turn 9:25pm in to 24-hour (which makes it 21:25), then deduct 17 hours (10 hours to GMT, then the 7 to Mountain Time) which makes it 04:25 or 4:25am in Arizona. (12-hour AM/PM figures given for those who can't follow 24-hour or Military Time)

Mentally and mathematically, this is MUCH easier than trying to figure it out purely in 12-hour with AM/PM. Besides, you usually DON'T things like "meet me in the mess hall at 1800 hours." UNLESS you're in some form of the military (ie: army, navy, air force).
The only problem you run into is whether DST is in effect in either the timezone you're working from or the timezone you're working to.

ForeverBlue

I'm not use to the 24 hour thing....I'm a 12 hour person. I wouldn't get use to the 24 hour thing.

Shadow Ranger Blue

I use 24 hour clock system now, I had to start when my watch broke and I had to use my phone to tell the time. I don't really mind, but when I was ill a few months ago I couldn't actually figure out if it was 4 or 6pm, really freaked me out (I think I was a little out of it). It's never happened since but that was one strange day.

Lonesnake

I love the 24 hour system, it makes life a lot easier for me, plus i've been using it my whole life so i'm used to it more

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Dark Huntress

EXACTLY!!!

And I brought up the time cards because that's another thing, if you still use time cards it's simply easier to calculate your time.

And I bring up the VCR because I don't know how many times I have set my VCR in the past to record something only to find out that either the original time was not set to the correct AM or PM or the recorder time was set wrong and I ended up with NOTHING recorded. They are a little easier to use now that they have auto setups, but idk, I still tend to trust them as much as I would a five year old with MJ.

It's kind of hard to get used to the 24 hr system at first, but once you get used to it it just makes life easier. I won't even buy a watch anymore if it doesn't have a military time option on it.

RedSavageWarrior

I prefer use 24 hour time on my watch/clocks, but I'd never use it in speech. If anyone asked I'd say it was something AM/PM. Other than that when it's just for myself, it doesn't take a second to subtract 12 from the hour and know that 15:00 is 3PM, although it does take a bit og getting used to.

I agree with that. Apart from never knowing when its going to happen or which way you have to set the clocks, it messes with my body clock something terrible. One day I'm getting up with the light, the next it's still dark outside and it throws me completely. Plus you lose an hour in bed.

the wog boy

i just use a 24 hour thing like foreverblue.

GekiChopper

No...i would so hate a 24 hours time clock, it would take me sometime in my mind to figure out what time it is so i say we stick with our good ol' 12 hour which is so much eaiser.