Time

[claidheamhmor]

When you use time formats, do you use the 12-hour clock (7PM, 9:13AM), or the 24-hour clock (i.e. "military time", 18:24, 07:00)? Do you have strong preferences?

Personally, I'm casual in conversation, but in writing or on electronic devices, I always use the 24-hour clock.

Comments

[prof818.livejournal.com]

I must agree with you. 24 for anything except casual talk. And in sms I use 12 hour, but only if its for that day and already after 12 (or very well implied)

[filialucis]

Increasingly tending to use the 24-hour format even in casual conversation, because it's increasingly becoming the norm here and people will occasionally affect not to understand you if you use the 12-hour format for the afternoon hours.

Personally, I prefer the 12-hour format, but find myself buckling under majority pressure.

[ang_o.livejournal.com]

The 12-hour clock only. It takes me too long to accurately figure out what 19:49, 13:31 etc. mean.

[yasutani.livejournal.com]

24 hour. rmoves any room for am/pm confusion.

[azziria.livejournal.com]

In any sort of written/typed communication, the 24-hour clock every time.

In speech, 12-hour (e.g. "I'll be home at 4 p.m.").

[polymale.livejournal.com]

It depends on the context. Sometimes I use one, sometimes the other. I'm comfortable with both.

[pcb.livejournal.com]

Conversation is 'ooooh about ten past three' with the possibility of 'this afternoon' and minus the 'ooooh' in more formal situations, blogs and records are a definite '15h10' and there's an occasional tailoring for preferences because I'm good like that: I might put AM or PM in handwritten notes. Oh and radio telephony would be 'wun fife wun ze-ro' if there would be confusion over the hour, but regular telephones would probably get 'fifteen ten' if accuracy was needed and/or readability was three or lower, with a timezone modifier from 'your time' to GMT (UTC if I really have to), BST or whatever is appropriate.

[gridlore.livejournal.com]

I tend to use the 24 hour clock.

[gsl.livejournal.com]

Here in Norway, the 24-hour clock is the standard used for giving time.
None of that AM/PM stuff.

[bodine.livejournal.com]

Uh, yeah. In small town Iowa here, if I used the 24 hour clock, either at work or out and about town, I don't think anyone would understand what I meant!

What? The show starts at 19:15? What does that mean? Talk like a normal person!

:-)

[redqueenmeg.livejournal.com]

Pretty much nobody uses a 24 hour clock here.

[linda-does-nz.livejournal.com]

I tend to use 24-hour clock for work purposes and 12-hour for texting friends, etc. When I first started working the dragon-lady my supervisor drummed it into me that I had to use the 24-hour clock at work.

[windrider-09.livejournal.com]

24 hour clock is easier for me as opposed to the 12 hour one. For some reason some appliances only have the option for 12 hour clocks, grumble