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How do people in Germany or any other 24 hour format country tell the time? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by 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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[–] [S] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 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"

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    For me, it depends. 1700 Hours is definitely weird and military in my experience. But 17:00 isn't. The difference is how you write and say it. The first reads as 17 hundred hours, while the other is 17 o'clock.

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