Han Maenen wrote in USMA 10067 >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 You have it the wrong way around. The same mind-set that rejects 24-hour time also rejects the metric system. The rejection of 24-hour time has not any connexion with the metric system, it is just conservatism.
