You can find many 24 hour clocks outside North America, problem is
they keep time by the voltage frequency of 50 Hz, never mind the
difference in voltage. It's not easy buying one and running it off a
transformer when the frequency here in North America is 60 Hz.
I've also spent many years looking for a 24 hour digital bedside clock
radio here in the US with no luck. I know the Bose is out there but
it's too large for my night stand.
Mike Payne
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Jeremiah MacGregor <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, 08 February 2009 04:31
*Subject:* [USMA:42939] Re: Hot and dry
All the digital clocks that I have have one big problem. They can
never be set to display 24 hour time. The reason is they can only
display a ones digit on the far left. The people who made the
clocks never made them so they can display a two digit to handle
the last four hours of the day. I once had a digital watch that
could be set to 24 hour time.
Jerry
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*From:* STANLEY DOORE <[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, February 7, 2009 3:42:33 PM
*Subject:* [USMA:42933] Re: Hot and dry
Sure. There are 24-hour analog clocks as you describe. However,
I suspect 12-hour analog clocks are used because they are easier
to read. Digital clocks don't have the problem that analog clocks do.
Stan Doore
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Jeremiah MacGregor
<mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, February 07, 2009 9:47 AM
*Subject:* [USMA:42921] Re: Hot and dry
It would seem that the continued existence of the 12 hour
clock may have a lot to do with the existence of 12 hour time
pieces. Has anyone ever encountered a 24 h analog clock where
the top number is zero, a six appears where the three is now,
the twelve is at the bottom and eighteen is where the nine is
now? I have seen some 24 hour clocks that were really 12 h
clocks with a 13 to 24 written by 1 to 12. These look
cluttered.
Are most UK clocks in 12 or 24 h format or both? It must be
very confusing to have to switch between the two, especially
if you are a person who refuses to learn or understand both.
It would probably be best if the US adopted the 24 h clock
officially as well as the metric system. Especially in
airline time tables. I know of one person who missed an air
flight when she arrived at the airport 12 hours late. I
wonder how often this happens and what is usually done to
resolve the problem. I wonder what Americans do when they are
in other countries and encounter the 24 h clock in written
form and on clocks?
The perfect opportunity to have changed to the 24 hour clock
was when digital clocks first came out. But that didn't happen.
It was interesting to read how the 24 h time is spoken in the
UK rail system. For instance not say zero when midnight is
meant. The examples did not state how time is spoken past
noon (12:00).
I recently saw the movie slumdog millionaire. At the very end
of the movie there was a singing and dance scene that took
place in the railroad station. The 24 hour digital clock was
very visible and it was filmed around midnight. You could see
the clock display 23:59:ss and then switch to 00:00:00 and
then to about 00:01:ss.
Jerry
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*From:* Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, February 7, 2009 3:38:07 AM
*Subject:* [USMA:42919] Re: Hot and dry
May I refer you to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock.
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*From:* Jeremiah MacGregor
[mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* 07 February 2009 00:17
*To:* [email protected]; U.S. Metric Association
*Subject:* Re: [USMA:42818] Re: Hot and dry
Martin,
Thanks.
Would you say the 24 hour clock is used in all other aspects
of public life in the UK ? Where would I find it used and not
used?
Jerry
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*From:* Martin Vlietstra <[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, February 2, 2009 1:06:57 AM
*Subject:* [USMA:42818] Re: Hot and dry
Jerry,
If you visit http://www.journeycheck.com/southwesttrains/ and
browse, you will see that British railway timetables use the
24 hour clock.
