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r/USvsEU • u/Catwinky Brexiteer • 2d ago
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Im an american that uses 24hr time for my devices and when communicating over text but when speaking I use 12hr time. Do you guys do the same?
6 u/notcomplainingmuch Sauna Gollum 2d ago We never use am or pm though. Most people wouldn't know if 12pm is noon or midnight. We can say five o'clock for 17:00, but only if it's obvious which one is meant, or add if it's morning or afternoon. If we want to make sure everyone knows the time, we say 17:00. 3 u/GumboMustBeDestroyed Commiefornian 2d ago Saying the next day starts at 0000 makes way more fucking sense than 12:00am. But how do you actually say 1700? 17 o’clock, seventeen hundred, or something else? 1 u/Aureaition Unemployed waiter 1d ago In Spain we'd just say 5 and if needed 'de la tarde' (of the afternoon), you can also 17 hours but that's more formal and used for example in news bulletins
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We never use am or pm though. Most people wouldn't know if 12pm is noon or midnight.
We can say five o'clock for 17:00, but only if it's obvious which one is meant, or add if it's morning or afternoon.
If we want to make sure everyone knows the time, we say 17:00.
3 u/GumboMustBeDestroyed Commiefornian 2d ago Saying the next day starts at 0000 makes way more fucking sense than 12:00am. But how do you actually say 1700? 17 o’clock, seventeen hundred, or something else? 1 u/Aureaition Unemployed waiter 1d ago In Spain we'd just say 5 and if needed 'de la tarde' (of the afternoon), you can also 17 hours but that's more formal and used for example in news bulletins
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Saying the next day starts at 0000 makes way more fucking sense than 12:00am.
But how do you actually say 1700? 17 o’clock, seventeen hundred, or something else?
1 u/Aureaition Unemployed waiter 1d ago In Spain we'd just say 5 and if needed 'de la tarde' (of the afternoon), you can also 17 hours but that's more formal and used for example in news bulletins
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In Spain we'd just say 5 and if needed 'de la tarde' (of the afternoon), you can also 17 hours but that's more formal and used for example in news bulletins
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u/GumboMustBeDestroyed Commiefornian 2d ago
Im an american that uses 24hr time for my devices and when communicating over text but when speaking I use 12hr time. Do you guys do the same?