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Subject:RE: 24-hour clock From:Wade Courtney <wade -dot- courtney -at- nocpulse -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Thu, 24 Jan 2002 08:52:50 -0800
This is correct and I believe it even says so somewhere in military
regulations or in some Operations manual, but I do remember seeing it. and
also none of the clocks will say 2400, digital or analog.
Wade
7year Navy Veteran
Operations Specialist Second Class (SW)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gilger.John [mailto:JGilger -at- acresgaming -dot- com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 8:39 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: 24-hour clock
>
>
> Steve has it right. The 24-hr clock is also known as military
> time. In twenty years of intimate involvement with the US
> Navy, I never saw a reference to 2400 hrs. It does not exist.
>
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Hudson [mailto:cruddy -at- optushome -dot- com -dot- au]
> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 04:13 AM
> To: TECHWR-L
> Subject: RE: 24-hour clock
>
>
> Huh? I am ex-mil (Aus RAAF) background - there is NO 24:00.
> 23:59:59.9999. -> 00:00
>
> 00:00 is am, 12:00 is pm. They are the starting tick of their
> period. Have I
> missed something here? Please state a published reference for
> your very
> spurious claims. I have never, _ever_ seen a time reference
>
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