As an American who uses the 24-hour time, so many people use 12-hour I basically still use 12-hour.

  • Darohan@lemmy.zip
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    2 months ago

    Something that’s been growing on me, but that I’m still unsure of, is 24-hour time that goes beyond 24 to reference the next day. I was in Japan recently, and there were many restaurants that would write their opening hours as, for example, 18:00 - 25:30, to represent that they are open until 01:30 the next day. Was confusing at first, but makes maths easier and means that intervals of time never count backwards! From memory, OpenStreetMap use this system, too.

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      2 months ago

      Japanese people that understand 24h notation‽ In my experience with language exchange I’ve always had the issue that language exchange partners didn’t understand 24h notation at all!

      I also can’t remember seeing this notation on opening times in my visits there, but maybe I haven’t been paying close attention…