Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h...
by crazygringo on Sunday November 05, 2023 @10:23AM
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Do you mind me asking where you are?
All my experience has also been using 12h time in casual situations in 24h countries. I'm curious of a country that doesn't, and whether that's true of the whole region.
Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h...
by yakubin on Sunday November 05, 2023 @10:27AM
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Poland. It seems to be more of a generational thing than regional. People over the age of 70 seem to use 12h. Younger ones use 24h.
Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h...
by hydrok9 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @10:56AM
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Ireland, New Zealand and Finland used 24 casually when I was there
Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h...
by TRiG_Ireland on Sunday November 05, 2023 @06:19PM
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Ireland uses 24h clock in writing (including casual writing, text messages, etc.), and it wouldn't be at all unusual for personal digital clocks to be set to 24h clock, but I'd be surprised to hear it in speech.
Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h...
by carlosjobim on Sunday November 05, 2023 @11:12AM
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I've never heard anybody from a 24h country use 24h unless it's regarding situations where there cannot be any ambiguity. You either live in an exceptional place, or interact with exceptional people. World you really say "At fifteen o'clock" instead of "At three o'clock" or "Three in the afternoon"?
No, we don't. The only person I know who by default uses 12h is my grandmother. Everybody else always uses 24h.