This would mean that the 24 hour clock is an idea that originated in the
English speaking world. Then it is even more baffling why that part of the
world continues to reject it. The fact that it is used in metric countries
might be the cause of this non-acceptance
Han
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joseph B. Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: dinsdag 26 december 2000 23:03
Subject: [USMA:10060] 24-hour time
> There has been mention on this list of 24-hour time instead of AM-PM.
> Today CBC-Radio Canada screened a video about Sandford Fleming, chief
engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway (and I don't mean engineer
driver). He was concerned about trying to produce train timetables when
every city had its own time, based on local noon at 12:00. He proposed 24
standard time zones around the world. Washington picked up the idea within
a year and convened an internatioinal conference that decided that xone 0
should be based on the Greenwich meridian
>
> Fleming once turned up at a London station at 7:30 AM when in fact the
train was scheduled for 7:30 PM. That led him to propose 24-hour time. It
is used throughout the world, on published Canadian railway and air
timetables and in the Province of Quebec. Otherwise, English-speaking
Canada and USA cling to AM-PM.
