POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Re: RSoCP by UberPOV : Re: RSoCP by UberPOV Server Time
6 Oct 2024 05:38:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: RSoCP by UberPOV  
From: Stephen
Date: 2 Jul 2015 04:44:46
Message: <5594f9fe$1@news.povray.org>
On 7/2/2015 8:34 AM, scott wrote:
>>> 02:03 PM
>>>
>>> WTH time is that?
>>
>> 1403
>
> To me, (maybe it's a British thing?) if you include the leading zero on
> the hour when writing the time it kind of automatically means you're
> using the 24 hour clock, so the 02 screams out to me "this is really
> early and you're gonna be tired". To then see the "pm" after it really
> screws with my head! I would expect 2:03pm or 14:03, but not 02:03pm.
>


I agree with you.
Do you remember when the 24 hour clock was called the* Continental clock 
or Continental time?


*Definite article intended.


-- 

Regards
     Stephen


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