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.

  • kadu
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    78 months ago

    The entirety of South America uses 24hr time.

    • @[email protected]
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      18 months ago

      Which is a few countries south of the US and connected to NA by a nearly impassible forest and no roads… Might as well be another ocean.