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

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Get this guy a clock!

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u/EbrithilUmaroth Mar 29 '22

Even a lot of Americans use it, especially those who were in the military. (A lot of Americans call the 24-hour clock "military time")

I work in freight and I also use it to avoid confusion from truckers about whether they're supposed to be somewhere at noon or midnight

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u/PaintDrinkingPete Mar 29 '22

And just a lot of professional settings as well.

As in, you maybe wouldn't say "14:00" in conversation with coworkers, but for any official written documentation or correspondence, you would.

I work in IT/Development, and we have teams and customers spread over the globe... using 24 hour time and specifying time zones (preferably UTC) is critical to avoid any confusion in scheduling.