Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we explain our calendar

Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by bjarneh on Monday September 26, 2022 @04:51AM (#32980847)

> the rest of the world uses 24hrs, however 12h _sometimes_ is used conversationally;

Here in Norway we use 24 hours when writing; but we use 12 hour system when speaking - if that makes any sense?

I.e. we would say: "Vi spiser middag klokka fem (5)" [We eat dinner at five o'clock]; but we'd write it with 17 typically. We never use the terms AM/PM but can occasionally specify daytime/nighttime if it's uncertain which of the two we are talking about. I.e. "Jeg kom hjem fra jobb klokka fem (5) om morgenen" [I came home from work at five in the morning].

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by dark-star on Monday September 26, 2022 @07:17AM (#32981659)

I guess that's what he meant by "sometimes conversationally"?

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Re:Someday aliens will land and all will be fine until we ex... by bjarneh on Monday September 26, 2022 @08:52AM (#32982487)

It could be, but since it could also be interpreted as sometimes used, I wrote a comment to say that we use the 12 hour system exclusively when we speak about time, and the 24 hour system for written purposes. Perhaps that's what he meant, but I'm not sure...

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