> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Corneel Booysen > Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 8:21 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: OT: Computer Science Education: Where Are the > Software Engineers of Tomor... > > I just cannot resist. We moved to the US a few years ago and the other > day my wife was talking to one of our children's teacher. They were > making an appointment for a meeting and my wife said: "...so I see you > around fifteen hundred hours...". The "deer in the headlights" look > washes over the teachers face until my wife "corrects" the statement > with - "...I mean I will see you at 3pm...". > > Corneel Booysen.
I know the feeling. At my first job, I put the computer's time on UTC and printed it in 24 hour clock time. When people learned that they had to (1) first subtract 6 hours to find the local time, then (2) perhaps subtract 12 to convert to a.m. or p.m., they threatened me with bodily harm. In my emails, I still use a 24 hour clock, but use local time. Luckily the rest of the people in my group understand 24 hour clock (like if the number is > 12, then subtract 12 and say p.m. - how hard is that?) -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
