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

We don't use colons in our time in the American hospital system. We use them for a lot of other things though. (Pun)

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