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2007-08-01 10:30:00-0700
I'm on a 24 hour clock. All clocks in the house (that allow me to configure) are adjusted to 24 hour time.
I changed to ISO date and time format back in 2000 I believe. I've been using 24 hour time since I was a teenager in the service.
1300-2359 - Subtract 12 to get 12 hour time.
lol, I'll ask my 7 year old daughter what time it is and she'll tell me "it's 19:30 Dad". In the beginning when I was first teaching her, it was 19:30 O'Clock. :)
I just got her a clock for her room that has both 12 and 24 hour time. Makes it easy for her to memorize.
I really think the ISO standards should be used by all. It just eliminates any guesswork.
e.g. "I'll be in town 14 December".
If you expect a reply from me, make sure your letter reads "I'll be in town on the 14th of December."
And yes, WebmasterWorld bugs me just as much with "12:28 pm on Aug 6, 2007"... how I wish I could change it to "12:28 pm on the 6th of Aug. 2007". "Aug 6" just makes no sense!
As I understand it, "I'll be in town 14 December." is grammatically correct. It would also be acceptable to say, "I'll be in town December 14."
Vince, most former service members will always write 14 December versus 14th of December. Grammatically correct? Sure it is. Both of them are. Do you write 2007th? Lots of old documents have dates like The 17th Day of November, in the 1866th Year of Our Lord. Lots of writing for a simple date.
Times they are a changin'. How many people use a period now instead of a dash for phone numbers? 555.123.4567 Or just spaces?
The one that really gets me is actually saying dub dub dub for WWW. Just sounds odd and every time I hear it I think of that silly three men in a tub children's rhyme.
