(December 29, 2013 at 11:37 am)Chas Wrote:(December 29, 2013 at 5:48 am)NoraBrimstone Wrote: Fahrenheit is nonsense. I try to pretend it doesn't exist.
I also have a problem with a 12 hour clock, especially at work when an old or stupid person asks for an advance ticket for, say, "7.30" and it seldom crosses my kind that they might actually mean "19.30" until I give them a ticket for the wrong train, which they don't notice either until on the day when they have to buy a new ticket because they have one that was only valid 12 hours previously.
Yes, we should use 24 hour time. One thing that really annoys me is 12 AM/PM.
WTF? AM means Ante Meridiem, before noon. PM means Post Meridiem, after noon.
12:00 midnight is both, 12:00 noon is neither.
We should say Noon and Midnight.
At the rare occasions where I have to set an appointment or an alarm at 12 (midnight or noon) I always forget which is AM or PM. Annoying!