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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by Digit-Al on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:18AM (#38151309)
Speaking of 24 hour clocks: my oven clock shows midnight as 24:00, and then changes to 00:01 at 1 minute past midnight. I've never seen any other clock show that; very strange.
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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by pasc1878 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @09:44AM (#38151552)
I thought that was normal at least when writing or saying things.

Use of either mechanical displays or on computers time selecter widgets does mean that 24 is not shown anywhere,

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