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24-hour clock

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24-hour clock 12-hour clock
00:00 12:00 a.m., midnight

(start of day)

01:00 1:00 a.m.
02:00 2:00 a.m.
03:00 3:00 a.m.
04:00 4:00 a.m.
05:00 5:00 a.m.
06:00 6:00 a.m.
07:00 7:00 a.m.
08:00 8:00 a.m.
09:00 9:00 a.m.
10:00 10:00 a.m.
11:00 11:00 a.m.
12:00 12:00 p.m., noon[1]
13:00 1:00 p.m.
14:00 2:00 p.m.
15:00 3:00 p.m.
16:00 4:00 p.m.
17:00 5:00 p.m.
18:00 6:00 p.m.
19:00 7:00 p.m.
20:00 8:00 p.m.
21:00 9:00 p.m.
22:00 10:00 p.m.
23:00 11:00 p.m.
24:00/00:00 12:00 a.m., midnight

(end of day)

World map showing the usage of 12 or 24-hour clock in different countries
  24-hour
  24-hour (12-hour orally)
  Both in common use
  12-hour

The 24-hour clock is a way of telling the time in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours, numbered from 1 or 0 to 24 or 23. It does not use a.m. or p.m.

This system is also referred to (only in the United States and the English speaking parts of Canada) as military time[1][better source needed] or (only in the United Kingdom and now very rarely) as continental time. [source?]

In some parts of the world, it is called railway time. Also, the international standard notation of time (ISO 8601) is based on this format.[source?]

Particulars

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A time in the 24-hour clock is written in the form hours:minutes (for example, 01:23), or hours:minutes:seconds (01:23:45). Numbers under 10 have a zero in front (called a leading zero); e.g. 09:07. Under the 24-hour clock system, the day begins at midnight, 24:00, and the last minute of the day begins at 23:59 and ends at 24:00, which is identical to 24:00 of the following day.[source?]

12:00 can only be noon – midday. Midnight is called 24:00 and used to mean the end of the day. It is also used to mean the beginning of the day. For example, you would say "Tuesday at 24:00" and "Wednesday at 24:00" to mean exactly the same time.[source?]

Advantages over the 12-hour clock system:[source?]

  • Fewer confusions between morning and evening; e.g. 7 o'clock in the evening is called 19:00.
  • People do not have to figure out if noon is 00h00, 24h or 12h to calculate duration.

Applications

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Regional

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In many African, Asian, European and Latin American countries people use it to write the time. Many people use it in speaking. Many digital wristwatches and clocks can display the time of day using the 24-hour clock.[source?]

Military

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The U.S. military prefers not to say 24:00 - they do not like to have two names for the same thing, so they always say "23:59", which is one minute before midnight.[source?]

A 24-hour clock face

24-hour clock time is used in computers, by the militaries, for public safety, and in transport.[source?]

In railway timetables 24:00 means the end of the day. For example, a train due to arrive at a station during the last minute of a day arrives at 24:00; but trains which depart during the first minute of the day go at 24:00. To write shop opening hours until midnight use, for example, "24:00–24:00", "07:00–24:00".[source?]

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 "How To Convert Military Time". lcym.org. Retrieved 2021-05-07.








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