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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[–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Incorrect - GMT is a timezone which the UK (and some other countries) observe in winter. In summer, the UK observes BST.

Good explanation here: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/gmt-utc-time.html

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Thank you for the correction and the reference. The only time I can think of where these sort of distinction would come into play anyway would be if you asked a person in London the time from somewhere else vs. looking it up on a website. I dont exactly have any UK friends I call to look at clocks for me.

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