Last time I was at Sea-Tac (Seattle) International Airport in January, departure/arrival times were AM/PM. Few years ago my friend and wife took his father-in-law to Sea-Tac for a flight. They left in time to have him catch the 6 AM flight, only it was scheduled to leave at 6 PM! Whoops! :) . ______________ ____ | | RICH KIM, Spatial Database Administrator \ | | | Washington State Department of Ecology | // | P.O. Box 47600, Olympia, Washington USA 98504 | * Olympia | Phone: (360) 407-6121; Fax: (360) 407-6493 \ _____| E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] `---------' http://www.ecy.wa.gov/services/gis/index.html
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Vlietstra Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 12:12 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38298] RE: Brand New Phone, 12 Hour Time. Mike, I do not recall having ever seen a 12 hour clock on departure boards. Airports that I have used include London Heathrow, London Gatwick, London City, Frankfurt, Paris (Charles de Gaulle), Johannesburg, Amsterdam, Eindhoven, Madrid, Alicante, Rome (Leonardo da Vinci), Naples, Lagos, Luxembourg, Durban, Cape Town, Hong Kong, Dublin, Hannover, Geneva, Basle, Edinburgh. Maybe we just use different airports - you will notice that there are no American airports in that list. Martin ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike Millet <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 1:39 AM Subject: [USMA:38292] RE: Brand New Phone, 12 Hour Time. 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?"
