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Originally Posted by jerryleejr
Harry, At least in the U.S. if you say 14:00 to someone that hasnt been in or around the military they just look at you funny. Or you can see them trying to do the math in their head. Because normally it is just 2 in the morning or 2 in the afternoon.
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I used to work for a mostly civilian agency in the US Department of Defense, and even there it'd be "The meeting is at 1400" in e-mail but "When's the meeting?" "Oh, two o'clock." in conversation.
-Marshall