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Title: Use of 12 hour Clock Post by: SapperPsmith on October 12, 2011, 14:23:58 Why does this site use a 12 hour clock format with AM or PM when the railway uses 24 hour format?
Title: Re: Use of 12 hour Clock Post by: bobm on October 12, 2011, 14:31:56 While the default is 12 hour clock - you can set it to 24 hour in your profile.
Title: Re: Use of 12 hour Clock Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on October 12, 2011, 15:16:10 ::) goo.gl/pHjv7 ;D
Title: Re: Use of 12 hour Clock Post by: inspector_blakey on October 12, 2011, 22:14:15 I would guess (and this is only a guess) because it's based on software designed for Americans and the USA is a country that uses the 12-hour clock almost universally. If you state anything using the 24-hour clock ("military time") they assume you're a soldier and issuing them orders for some kind of combat mission. The default date format is also the American standard of October 12, 2011 rather than 12 October 2011.
Title: Re: Use of 12 hour Clock Post by: SapperPsmith on October 13, 2011, 09:05:08 Bingo!
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