Bill & friends:
.....Hello Does anyone have any idea when the 24 hour military time.....
This is NOT authentic BUT my guess that it was invented along with GRID
distribution to pin-position a target dividing Earth into 24-Hour Angle
zones lettered A thro Z (excluding I & O) East to East (15 x 24 = 360
degree) and North to North likewise.
Since there was difficulty in reconning East thro East over the globe, it
got resolved to "establish location of Greenwicih 180* away from ZERO
longitude", which gave us 12-hours either side of ZERO longitude East or
West. Possibly it got its name MILITARY time, since used by armed forces
during first World War. German & Britsih forces used this extensively during
World War II.
I would like to have New input, if any.
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From: "Bill Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Subject: [USMA:33300] RE: military time
Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2005 21:47:55 -0700
John:
You're making the common mistake of characterizing 24-hour time as military
time. The military uses 24-hour time because, quite understandably, they
don't want any ambiguity. They certainly didn't invent it. These days,
almost all countries use 24-hour time for schedules (radio, TV,
conferences,
meetings, etc.).
24-hour time has been with us ever since the day was divided into 24 hours.
A more relevant question is why and when it was subdivided into two 12-hour
periods. I don't know the answer to that. Students of horology probably do
know it, though.
Bill Potts, CMS
Roseville, CA
http://metric1.org [SI Navigator]
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Subject: [USMA:33298] military time
Hello Does anyone have any idea when the 24 hour military time was
developed. I tried to find it on Google but couldn't seem to. Thanks
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