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.

  • Throwaway@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    On the english-speaking internet? Pretty much, plus the Aussies and Canadians.