2002-01-01 But, it is easy to convert just like metric. If I prefer to state my height in centimetres, and you prefer to hear in metres, you can instantly convert in your without a hitch and vice versa. The same is true for 0000 h vs. 2400 h.
Are you referring to the clock/watch displaying 0000 h instead of 2400 h, or are you referring to the use of the colon between the hour and minutes? Is the colon not suppose to be used? I prefer it as it separates time units in the same way a decimal point or comma separate whole numbers from parts of numbers. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Frysinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 2001-12-31 16:10 Subject: [USMA:17034] Re: Celebrations in Maastricht > At ease, gents; that is the sailor in me coming out. Today's 2400 local time > is identical to and simultaneous with tomorrow's 0000 local time. I'm in the > habit of using either, depending on the context. The 20 to 24 watch is > relieved by the 00 to 04 watch at 2400 the ending day, which is 0000 the > beginning day. But there is no 2401, except in the area of celestial > navigation calculations. > > Call it a "personal difference" with the rest of the world, if you will. > After all, millions of Frenchmen enjoy a "national difference" in some areas, > as does the U.S. on certain spellings. > > John, I have a clock on my wall, set to 24 hour mode, and it bugs me that it > reports times just after midnight as 0:23, for example, instead of 0023. I'm > sorry to hear that your watch suffers the same affliction. > > Carry on. > > Jim > > On Monday, 2001 December 31 15:46, kilopascal wrote: > > 2001-12-31 > .... > > Also, there is no such time as 24:00. Midnight is 0:00 h (zero hour), the > > first moment of the new day. My watch when in the 24 h mode displays > > midnight correctly as 0:00 h. > > -- > James R. Frysinger University/College of Charleston > 10 Captiva Row Dept. of Physics and Astronomy > Charleston, SC 29407 66 George Street > 843.225.0805 Charleston, SC 29424 > http://www.cofc.edu/~frysingj [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cert. Adv. Metrication Specialist 843.953.7644 >
