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Why Military Date and Time
Annabelle41415
Posts: 6514
Joined: Feb 2009
Jul 12, 2012 - 9:43 am
Yesterday no avatars and now all dates and times are posted in military style. Unless it's just mine I'd like to know how to change it back to civilian mode. Any ideas?
It seems like they may be upgrading the system.
If it speeds things up in the end I don't personally care if they use the Chinese Calendar!
I would imagine that it could be changed once they fix the speed issues...
What about European Date Format???
"The European date format is something that creates a lot of confusion with visitors from the US. Being essentially ‘backwards’ by American standards, European date format can cause mix ups and problems with everything from arranging meeting times to running software.
Most Americans will be used to the date format that puts the month before the day. As such the third of December would be written as ‘12/03/2010’. In the European date format however the month and day are the other way around, e.g. ‘03/12/2010’."
It's funny, I spent two years in England while in the Air Force and to this day (over 30 years later) I still tend to put the day in front of the month. Historians tend to do the same thing as well, so it's a habit that just gets reinforced. It does tend to create a bit of confusion when filling out medical and other types of forms.
Military time eliminates all confusion. Time after 12 noon gets 12 added to it. So 1500 is 3:00 in the afternoon. No confusion with 0300, 3 in the morning. You can get used to it.
Joined: Jan 2010
Not just you
Seems more 'games' with the site. At least this one is not a disruptive as those yesterday.
Military date and time make sorting data easier, but not the norm for we civilians.
Marie
Joined: May 2005
Grin and Bear It?
It seems like they may be upgrading the system.
If it speeds things up in the end I don't personally care if they use the Chinese Calendar!
I would imagine that it could be changed once they fix the speed issues...
What about European Date Format???
"The European date format is something that creates a lot of confusion with visitors from the US. Being essentially ‘backwards’ by American standards, European date format can cause mix ups and problems with everything from arranging meeting times to running software.
Most Americans will be used to the date format that puts the month before the day. As such the third of December would be written as ‘12/03/2010’. In the European date format however the month and day are the other way around, e.g. ‘03/12/2010’."
Or we could enlist (or re-enlist)
;-)
Joined: Jan 2012
Month/Day reversal
It's funny, I spent two years in England while in the Air Force and to this day (over 30 years later) I still tend to put the day in front of the month. Historians tend to do the same thing as well, so it's a habit that just gets reinforced. It does tend to create a bit of confusion when filling out medical and other types of forms.
Joined: Apr 2012
Time
Military time eliminates all confusion. Time after 12 noon gets 12 added to it. So 1500 is 3:00 in the afternoon. No confusion with 0300, 3 in the morning. You can get used to it.
Joined: Jan 2012
The Witching Hour
Funny thing with military time, tho, is that there isn't a 00:00:00 at the stroke of midnight.
Joined: Apr 2012
Witching Hour
As I"m sure you know,midnight is 2400 of the current day. A minute later is 00:01 of the next day.
Joined: Jun 2010
OMG please don't start using
OMG please don't start using the metric system either!
Joined: Apr 2012
OMG
In the U,S, I weigh 143 lbs. In England its 10 stone 3.
In france I would be 65 Kilo. You can figure out the conversions! LOL