Do you prefer 12 hour time or 24 hour time?

[Lewis]

I prefer 24 hour time.

I really dislike the way 12 hour time works, it's just weird to me.

[Jurv]

i prefer 24 hour time

[lemons]

I don't mind both easy to understand

[Mark]

24 hour time, no confusion

[karter]

12 hour wtf 24 hour one confuses me

like whats 17:30?? takes me a moment to find out

[MKR&*42]

24 hr time but I bloody kid you not some like 17 or 18 year old had to ask me what 17:00 was in 12 hour time format and I've met someone who had a girl in her class that couldnt read 12 hour clocks on the wall omf.

[Lewis]

12 hour wtf 24 hour one confuses me

like whats 17:30?? takes me a moment to find out

I hate 12 hour lol. I mean what's with midnight being am and noon being pm


To convert 12 hour time to 24 hour, add what time it is, e.g. 5:30pm onto 12. It equals 17:30. That means 5:30pm is 17:30. When it comes to 00:00 to 12:00, you don't need to make any changes. Oh and 24:00 / 0:00 is basically the same.

Overall, 24 hour time is a lot more logical.

[karter]

I hate 12 hour lol. I mean what's with midnight being am and morning being pm

morning aint pm?! its am

[Jurv]

I've met someone who had a girl in her class that couldnt read 12 hour clocks on the wall omf.

oh i was the same until like 2 years ago, i never really learnt at school and i just used to copy peoples answers on the tests

i know how to read them now it just takes me longer to work out than digital so i tend to ignore them and check my phone for time

[Lewis]

oh i was the same until like 2 years ago, i never really learnt at school and i just used to copy peoples answers on the tests

i know how to read them now it just takes me longer to work out than digital so i tend to ignore them and check my phone for time

Yeah, to be honest, I couldn't read 12 hour time until a few years ago. 24 hour time is the way forward :)!

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morning aint pm?! its am

I meant noon

[Ekelektra]

12 hour, I can read 24 hour time easily but I wouldn't write it like that ever. 12 hour is way simpler and practical.

[wixard]

this thread would be better asking what type you use on your phone/laptop as I don't have a preference.... but use 24 hour on all devices

[Hannah]

Both are easily understandable, but I prefer 24 hour a whole lot more.
It's more helpful when being a hermit and 12 hour just looks... childish? to me.

[MKR&*42]

oh i was the same until like 2 years ago, i never really learnt at school and i just used to copy peoples answers on the tests

i know how to read them now it just takes me longer to work out than digital so i tend to ignore them and check my phone for time

So did you never know when a class was ending or something? Well I presume you had a digital watch but still, I can't believe you'd fake that all through school omg.

[karter]

So did you never know when a class was ending or something? Well I presume you had a digital watch but still, I can't believe you'd fake that all through school omg.
i understand how its confusing like the hour hand is always in the middle so kids have a problem in deciding which hour it is no biggie

[Cerys]

12 hour..
is it bad that I still have to work out times on my fingers? Like 16:00 is 4 numbers after 12:00, so therefore it's 4pm. Haha silly me

[buttons]

EVERYTIME I SEE 15:00 I THINK ITS 5 PM its the only one i mistake stupid brain
but i do prefer 24 hr

[-Moniquee.]

I don't really mind that much. If I were to pick I would probably pick 24 hours.

[Phil]

I prefer 24 hours as it's just easiest for me now. I still have trouble reading 12 hour clocks ngl lmao

[FlyingJesus]

More likely to use 24 if it's like planning something in the future or writing on something official but if it's the afternoon already and I say to someone conversationally that we're going out at 8 I won't be like LEAVING AT TWENTY HUNDRED HOURS because I'm not a bell

[lucaskf390]

We use 24hours in Brazil, but I prefer 12hours.

[Kardan]

I always use the 24 hour clocks :) And I'm shocked that so many people have an issue with telling the time from a clock face - I never really considered people could have an issue with that until Joey Essex popped up...

[Phil]

I always use the 24 hour clocks :) And I'm shocked that so many people have an issue with telling the time from a clock face - I never really considered people could have an issue with that until Joey Essex popped up...

It just takes a few extra seconds okay :(

[Jurv]

So did you never know when a class was ending or something? Well I presume you had a digital watch but still, I can't believe you'd fake that all through school omg.

in primary i would just ask someone or look at the time on the computer projector thingy haha

it's never really been a problem though because i guess most things are digital

[Zelda]

I generally prefer 12 hour, but i always find the am and pm thing really confusing for midday and midnight like surely midday should be 12am not 12pm ;L but i always start getting confused with 24 hour, but only for 2 times really, call 15;00 5pm and 20:00 10pm lool but not the other ones?

[Kardan]

I generally prefer 12 hour, but i always find the am and pm thing really confusing for midday and midnight like surely midday should be 12am not 12pm ;L but i always start getting confused with 24 hour, but only for 2 times really, call 15;00 5pm and 20:00 10pm lool but not the other ones?

The terms am and pm mean ante meridiem (before noon) and post meridiem (after noon). 12:01pm has pm, since it is 1 minute after noon. It would be strange if you gave midday as 12am, because time would go 12am, 12:01pm. So midday is denoted 12pm, meaning midnight is 12am. Technically though, the terms am and pm are irrelevant to midday and midnight, since neither are 'before' or 'after' - which is why the 24 hour clock is better as it gets rid of ambiguity. Because we have 00:00, 12:00 and then 23:59 rolls back to 00:00.

[Gina]

depends really
when im speaking to people i like them using 12 hour like skype and stuff but i prefer my alarm clocks being in 24hour
i used to only have a 12 hour one and i used to always sleep in the afternoon and sometimes i'd wake up at 7 but i wouldnt know if its 7am or 7pm so i'd get all panicky then open my blinds and it'd be dark so i would be like o
so if im typing to osmeone on facebook/skype i think 12hr is easier lmao if its my alarm clock then i prefer 24hour

[Zelda]

The terms am and pm mean ante meridiem (before noon) and post meridiem (after noon). 12:01pm has pm, since it is 1 minute after noon. It would be strange if you gave midday as 12am, because time would go 12am, 12:01pm. So midday is denoted 12pm, meaning midnight is 12am. Technically though, the terms am and pm are irrelevant to midday and midnight, since neither are 'before' or 'after' - which is why the 24 hour clock is better as it gets rid of ambiguity. Because we have 00:00, 12:00 and then 23:59 rolls back to 00:00.

ah that makes sense i suppose, i just always thought it was odd how you would go like 11;59am 12pm too though cause doesn't really make a ton of sense starting counting at 12.

[eet]

12 hour time

[Krazybethw]

I completely prefer 12 hour time. its just easier but i do know 24 hour and i can look and be like 15:17 o its 3:17. I think its because we generally say it in 12 hour format rather than 24. Like if someone asked me the time i wouldnt say 1500. id say 3oclock! ahah! xD

[Chris]

I prefer the 24 hour clock because it's what I'm most used to.

[Shar]

24 hour clock as that is what I am used to using.

[Elegance]

24 hour time

[-:Undertaker:-]

12-hour time.

[IzzyUhh]

I Prefer 24 hour clocks, 12 hour annoys me


24 hr time but I bloody kid you not some like 17 or 18 year old had to ask me what 17:00 was in 12 hour time format and I've met someone who had a girl in her class that couldnt read 12 hour clocks on the wall omf.

Yes! Theres 2 girls in my english class who learnt how to tell the time in the end of year 9..
One of them still ask 'Is 17:00, 5pm?'

[Absently]

i don't really mind either, but i use 24 hour mostly but if im meeting up with someone i'll use 12 hour time. i know the 24 hour one off by heart, but sometimes for a little bit of reassurance i will just take two away from the number e.g. 16:00 - 2 = 14:00 and i take the second number, always done it like that

[goofyjadico]

12 hour mostly because i'm used to it

[-Amyy]

I prefer 12 hour time

[Lewis]

More likely to use 24 if it's like planning something in the future or writing on something official but if it's the afternoon already and I say to someone conversationally that we're going out at 8 I won't be like LEAVING AT TWENTY HUNDRED HOURS because I'm not a bell

When I speak with 24 hour time, I don't say e.g. eighteen hundred hours, I say eighteen zero zero

[OldLoveSong]

12 more, 24 hour confuses the hell outta me

[Futz]

24 hour

really supprises me that some people prefer 12 hour clocks

[lawrawrrr]

I prefer 12 hour but either's fine really

[Chipmunks]

12 hour time!!
the 24 one confuses me ;s

[God]

Well in Canada we call 24hr Military Time, as thats normally the only people to use it. Its all 12hr here

[!x!dude!x!2]

dont matter to me but would prefer 12

[Eric]

12 hour but 24 hour is fine

[Sho]

I used to prefer 12 hour but since I've been getting my work hours in 24 hours I'm so used to it that I prefer that one. The 24 hour one used to confuse me so much though.

[Aiden]

12 hour time

[Liva]

It takes me longer to figure out 24 hour time than just taking a glance at 12 hour time. SERIOUSLY PEOPLE IT SAYS RIGHT THERE WHAT IT IS.

[Charz777]

Not that I have any confusion with any type of clock or telling the time, I prefer 24 hour, it just makes more sense.

[Jazz]

i prefer 24hr time, its easier for me to read

[Yawn]

both r rly easy and i dont care but i write 24hr

[Zak]

hands down, 24 hrs

[Daltron]

24 hour for me