Re:Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
by mkempe on Thursday October 26, 2017 @07:29PM
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In Europe we use the 24-hour system to write time, but a 12-hour system to speak about it. So you're invited to dinner on Saturday at 6 (nobody in their right mind would show up at 0600). Everybody learns at an early age that 4 o'clock in the afternoon is 16, 5 is 17, etc. It's easy when there are analog clocks in all public, walkable spaces, as well as in the kitchen and/or living room.
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Re:Massachusetts is considering leaving the Eastern Time Zone
by jvzr on Friday October 27, 2017 @03:24AM
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In French, we say "viens à 21 heures," or "come at 21 hours," quite literally. Yes, "hours" is a duration as one poster commented; and yes, also in French. But the context gives the meaning away.