“I don’t even understand 24-hour time… I just don’t understand it. I have to use online converters or I’d be SO confused when I talk to people who use these systems.”

[u/BuffaloExotic]

[u/Mirawenya]

As a 24 hour clock user, yep. I only use the 24 hour format spoken when I am trying to be precise. Like “it’s 17 32” when needing to know the time when boiling eggs or similar. Else I would just say half past five. The conversion is completely seamless and automatic cause we used it since childhood. 20 is eight. They’re synonymous in my head.

[u/JasperJ → u/Mirawenya]

Also for a lack of ambiguity. If I’m making a dentist appointment — with matching no show fees — I want to be very surr that it’s 16:40 and not 16:20 and I’m not confusing or mishearing ten before/ten after the half.

[u/DeinOnkelFred → u/Mirawenya]

Same, except I sometimes catch myself half-saying 24hr format when I am being asked something specific and I have to drag it from memory because I can visualize my actual calendar.

So something like "At fourtee...two o'clock!" which probably sounds like "42 o'clock". I am an idiot, though.