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Originally Posted by Mickey_
I grew up using military time (24 hour format) but prefer to use AM/PM. Much simpler and has more meaning in every day life. Why go through the trouble of deducting 12 from the military format to find out what time it actually is? But to each his own, of course.  |
You do not need to deduct, you just know (or learn in few minutes) that for example 19:00 is 7:00.
In spoken language its rarely used but in written (in this case forum posts) it makes perfect sense.