On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 09:16 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Ken Schneider wrote:
In the USA 20:31 is military time for 8:31PM, they are both the same time but shown in different formats. Configure the clock for the format you want.
It's not just military time. Anyone can use it. It's often used by airlines, railways, bus companies etc. It's used anywhere someone wants to avoid the possible confusion over AM & PM. For example, I keep most of my clocks on 24H. The ones that aren't are those that aren't capable.
Excuse me as I wasn't as exact as you needed. It is referred to as military time in the US. I didn't imply or say that only people in the military could use it. -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't suck is probably the day they start making vacuum cleaners." -Ernst Jan Plugge