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Originally Posted by crich70
When modern Analog clocks were first being designed it was found that designing the gearing system to chime 24 times (ala clock towers) would be far to complex which is how the 12 hr clock face got so popular. Of course that isn't the case I'm sure with clocks on computers etc. since they don't use physical gears, but I imagine even most computers use a 12 hr clock because as human beings we tend to be used to a 12 hr day even now. I mean til the advent of modern lighting most people got up and went to bed with the sun. While the modern world may run 24/7 human beings still haven't managed to catch up to that. lol.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Most computers don't use a 12h clock; it really is almost exclusively a US phenomenon to use the 12h clock for everything. If you look at a computer in pretty much any other country, you'll see a 24h clock.
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My computer is set to the 24 hr clock, simply because I prefer it. My Kindle is set to a 12 hour clock because that is all it is capable of, but then, I very seldom use my Kindle to find out what time it is, so it isn't really an issue for me. After all, when using a 12 hour time piece, even without an AM or PM indication, if you look outside you know whether or not it is 1 AM or 1 PM. It's only in written or verbal communication that you need to know if someone is meaning AM or PM - which is why using the 24 hour clock time designations makes everything simpler in the world of communications, especially when the communication is not exclusively with folks in the USA.
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