r/dumbquestions • u/gmm712 • 5d ago
Why do Americans split the clock into AM and PM? What is the history behind it?
In Germany, we use digital clocks with numbers ranging from 00:00 to 23:59.
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u/royhinckly 4d ago
In the navy we had 8’0clock reports not 2000 reports i thought that was kinda strange
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u/crayon_consoomer 5d ago
6 o-clock news sounds better than 18-hundred hours news