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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[–] 11 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

Sort of? Ime you'll sometimes hear/see things like T+2900, meaning 2900 minutes after T (T being a common placeholder for "the moment the operation began"). But unless the mission started at 0000, T+2900 doesn't mean 0500, it means +2900 since T

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    I guess that does make sense, and definitely not as bad as I had misunderstood it to be.

    It feels a little weird, and I'm not sure if T+29:00 or equivalents are allowed in ISO 8601, but I have seen computer programs that represent time differences in similar ways.

    Thank you for the clarification!

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