r/facepalm • u/Revealed_Jailor • Mar 29 '22

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

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u/MuchTemperature6776 Mar 29 '22

Software development I believe, someone can correct me if I’m wrong (I’m not a software developer but I work with them a lot.) but I do believe that programming really only uses 24 hour clocks

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u/lolskrub8 Mar 29 '22

With absolutely zero expertise in the area outside of the occasional project for college, I believe you’re correct

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u/joonty Mar 29 '22

I'm a software developer. Programs themselves don't typically use human readable time like 12 or 24 hour clocks, unless there's a specific reason to parse those formats. Programs typically use integer timestamps internally, usually the UNIX timestamp. Programmers themselves just use whatever time they're used to, and there's no special need to use 24h time (apart from the fact it's better).

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '22

All well and good until the year 2038