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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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[–] 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Wait till you hear how Japan does things. If something closes at 1a or 2a, quite often the signage says 2500 or 2600 instead of 0100 or 0200 to denote that it’s a holdover from the previous day.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Wait, but then what time does it roll over into the new day at? Does it go 29:00 -> 06:00?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    It’s not an “official” thing and usually rolls over based on the business.

    So let’s say one business opens at 10a and closes at 4a every day, they’ll say 10:00-28:00

    But let’s say a different company opens at 3a and closes at 10p, they’ll say 03:00-22:00

    You’ll notice that there isn’t an “official” reset of time, it’s only used when a business carries over past midnight till whenever they close the next day. You don’t really find anything going past about 4a though.

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