I guess that I don't normally include passenger flying as "aviation". As a matter of fact, I have seen 24-hour clock time used on flight annunciator boards at LAX. It depends on the carrier and country. As aviation, I mean ALL operations of aircraft both domestic and international use 24-hour time. All FAA operations are conducted in UTC, to be more specific, as that is the ICAO standard. This is so that there is a common time across the globe for all aviation operations. Internally, I believe that domestic carriers use UTC exclusively but I could be wrong in some cases. When one has to operate across multiple time zones, UTC makes a lot of sense.
Marion Moon ------ Original Message ------ Received: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:08:10 PM PDT From: "Brian White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Subject: [USMA:38293] RE: Brand New Phone, 12 Hour Time. The term "aviation" usually means "pilots and controllers" and not departure boards... On Tue, 20 Mar 2007 19:39:54 -0600, Mike Millet wrote > Really? I've never seen the 24 hour clock used on departure boards > for flights. I've seen it used by pilots yes but never on a > departure board. But it's been a couple years since I flew so maybe > it's changed > > Mike > > On 3/20/07, m. f. moon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Aviation uses 24-hour clock every where in the world including the USA. > > > > marion moon > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > Received: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 09:46:35 AM PDT > > From: Scott Hudnall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [USMA:38290] RE: Brand New Phone, 12 Hour Time. > > > > I've noticed 24-hour time format used pretty regularly in the United > > States in > > work environments that operate around-the-clock, such as hospitals, public > > utilities, manufacturing plants, server farms, etc. > > > > Scott > > > > > > On Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 09:15AM, "Remek Kocz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > >In Poland 24h time is used for day to day activities. You invite guests > > >over for dinner at 16:00, you tell your friends that you stay up till > > 23:00 > > >with the kids, etc. This is probably normal throughout continental > > Europe. > > > > > >Remek > > > > > >On 3/20/07, Stephen Gallagher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > > >> A bit off topic here but do any countries actually use the 24 hour > > format > > >> in their day to day activities? I have heard it referenced on the BBC > > site > > >> but especially in the US and Canada the only time 24 hour format is > > used > > is > > >> in conjunction with military time and military operations. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> In Canada, 24 hour time is often seen in relation to air and train > > travel. > > >> Schedules and the status displays at airports and train stations are > > >> listed > > >> in 24 hour time. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > "The boy is dangerous, they all sense it why can't you?"
