Monday, December 10, 2007

I don't like clocks.

I wish we used we used military time, the 24 hour clock. Take for example 12:00 PM, Saturday, December 15th. I looked at the time and the first thought that goes through my head is "is that midnight or noon?". Then I think some more. If it's midnight, is it the midnight between December 14th and 15th or between December 15th and 16th?

Turns out that's noon on the 15th and I was thinking too much.

Military time, at least in my opinion, is easier. 12:00 on Saturday. Oh, it's noon. 0:00 on Saturday. It's midnight between Friday and Saturday. There's no 24:00 to screw with my mind. How about 17:25? Oh, that's 5:25 PM on this old system we use.

I say we just use military time. It's easier. And less confusing when hearing back from colleges is stressing me out.

Edit: Want to see military time in Windows XP? Follow these steps:
1. Go to Control Panel.
2. Double Click on "Regional and Language Options".
3. On the default tab, click the button that says "Customize..." on it.
4. Select the "Time" tab.
5. Click on the drop down box next to "Time format:" and select "H:mm:ss".
6. Click "Apply" on both open windows.

You're done!

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