Jo4ted@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 个月前The 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.message-squaremessage-square81linkfedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up1306arrow-down1message-squareThe 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.Jo4ted@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 个月前message-square81linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareblackbeans@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up17·2 个月前I believe its roots have more to do with the railways than with the military. I have never called it military time to be honest.
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·2 个月前While trains were the big “clock unifiers” back then, here in Europe, the 24h clock is generally the local version of “time”, without the “military” part.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 个月前TBF most of us have decent trains.
I believe its roots have more to do with the railways than with the military. I have never called it military time to be honest.
While trains were the big “clock unifiers” back then, here in Europe, the 24h clock is generally the local version of “time”, without the “military” part.
TBF most of us have decent trains.