Why is it that Americans refer to 24 hour time as military time? I understand that the military uses the 24hr format but I don’t understand why the general public would refer to it like that?

It makes it seem like it’s a foreign concept where as in a lot of countries it’s the norm.

  • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Americans understand it just fine.

    Just like I understand what a meter is, but in real life, I would NEVER use the meter as a unit of measurement.

    Yeah, I know metric is the better system, I agree. This isn’t about that. It’s about saying something and not making the listener take a moment to convert it into how they relate to the world.