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How do people in Germany or any other 24 hour format country tell the time? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Subject6051@lemmy.ml to c/shittyasklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I mean, do they say "I sleep at 9pm" or more like "I sleep at 2100 hrs" even while they are talking informally? 2100 hrs sounds very formal to me, but yeah, I was just wondering if they used 24 hour format for only official and government proceedings and used 12 hour format for casual stuff.

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[–] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I always prefer 24 uhr ;) format and usually set my devices to it, but I feel it is too formal to tell a friend, "hey, I will call you at 1700 hours"

[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I've had a couple of Americans ask me why I use "military time", which was confusing at first. But at least in German it's totally normal.

[–] theKalash@feddit.ch 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

24 uhr

That's actually not a thing. It goes from 23:59 to 00:00

And when you'd say it it would be "23 Uhr 59" to "0 Uhr".

[–] Subject6051@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I meant to say 24 hour format there