• cmhe@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    The U.S. 12h clock is stupid: 12PM + 1h = 1PM

    If you don’t use a 24h clock at least do it like the Japanese, who also use the 12h clock and have: 0:00 PM + 1h = 1:00 PM

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      1 day ago

      that just moves the weird math, because 11:00 + 1h = 00:00… The fact that clocks are a circle means there is some weird math like this happening somewhere no matter the system.

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        1 day ago

        Not really 11:00 AM +1h becomes 00:00 PM, and vice versa. PM and AM are different prefixes/systems/units. Much simpler to understand IMO. 12:00 AM and 12:00 PM would no longer exist, you just convert them from PM to AM or back when you reach them and set the numbers to 00 again.

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          This is basically the same system as the regular 12:00 clock except noon and midnight are 00:00 instead of 12:00.

          Seems functionality the same to me.

          24 hour is the only way. If only I could convince people to stay saying “15 O’Clock”. That would be neato. People know what it is, just not used to it