Why is it that Americans refer to 24 hour time as military time? I understand that the military uses the 24hr format but I don’t understand why the general public would refer to it like that?

It makes it seem like it’s a foreign concept where as in a lot of countries it’s the norm.

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[–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’ve heard the same with regards to proper military time not having the colon.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    In Switzerland it works like that too.

    "Normal time" for us is 24h with colon so 18:00

    While "Military time" is without colon, so 1800 and is then pronounced as achtzehnhundert (eighteen hundred).

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