Dear Weronika - I can answer the last question!!! The whole idea of the 24 hour clock is that it starts counting at midnight - just when the day starts. So 0000 is midnight, and 1200 is noon. People like the military use this method of telling the time so that there is no confusion as to whether a time quoted is morning or afternoon. 10 a.m. is 1000 hours (not 1 p.m., which is actually 1300 hours). 10 p.m. is 2200 hours. Does that help?? Just remember that when one day ends, the next day starts - at midnight!! Regards, Ruth Budge Weronika Patena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Weronika and Tamara, > > I am delighted by your insights. When I traveled in Germany a couple of > years ago, there were things that threw me for a loop. > The incredible sandpaper provided in the restrooms.
Sandpaper? Do you by any chance mean the sort of thick gray recycled stuff? I wish they had it here! > The look on the waiter's face when I ordered non-alcoholic beer! I can see that > Anyway, I wrote to explain the military usage of hundreds for hours. > My dad was in the Navy for 30 years, so I always knew how to reckon time in > 24 hours. > > For the military, time is written in four digits > > 7:00 AM = 0700 > 4:00 PM = 1600 > > All those trailing zeros make time look like hundreds. I guess it does, it just sounds very confusing when they say it. > Really, really early is "Oh dark thirty" I'll try to remember that The last confusing time detail I can never remember properly - do you use 00 or 12 for midnight and noon, and which one is pm and which one is am? Weronika - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Find local movie times and trailers on Yahoo! Movies. - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
