Hi,
What time zones tend to use 24 hours time format? Googling hasn't
been able to answer the question.
Thank you.
Oct 16 '07
23  6660 
In comp.infosystem s. www.authoring.html message <1192572042.109 978.243570
@q3g2000prf.goo glegroups.com>, Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:00:42, ta********@gmai l.com posted:
>
Thank you both. The initial idea was, if the answer is clear it could
eliminate a question for users (input), but I agree, why not give
users a choice (between 12 and 24)?
Because it would be pandering to obstinacy and a pointless waste of
resources - unless your site is specifically aimed at the mentally
inadequate. Everyone of even approximately normal intelligence can
understand 24-hour times.
--
(c) John Stockton, Surrey, UK. ?@merlyn.demon. co.uk Turnpike v6.05 IE 6.
Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/- w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms
PAS EXE etc : <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/programs/- see 00index.htm
Dates - miscdate.htm moredate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc.
Dr J R Stockton wrote:
In comp.infosystem s.www.authoring.html message <1192572042.109 978.243570
@q3g2000prf.goo glegroups.com>, Tue, 16 Oct 2007 22:00:42,
ta********@gmai l.com posted:
>>
Thank you both. The initial idea was, if the answer is clear it could
eliminate a question for users (input), but I agree, why not give
users a choice (between 12 and 24)?
Because it would be pandering to obstinacy and a pointless waste of
resources - unless your site is specifically aimed at the mentally
inadequate. Everyone of even approximately normal intelligence can
understand 24-hour times.
The site is centred around date & times.
It's a good idea to let the user choose the format he is most comfortable
with, as he will read thousands dates and times.
Similarly, in France, most clocks, have a button, or an option, to change
from the 24 hour to the 12 hour notation.
People have variable preferences around the world. There's nothing wrong
with giving preference choices.
--
If you've a question that doesn't belong to Usenet, contact me at
<ta************ *****@yahoDELET ETHATo.fr>
Dr J R Stockton wrote:
>
Everyone of even approximately normal intelligence can
understand 24-hour times.
Using 24-hour times in the U.S. is rare enough so the average person
probably won't know what it is.
--
Berg
Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Stephan Bird
<st************ @mad.scientist. comREMOVEwritin g in
news:gL******** *************** *******@bt.com:
Or even, people who live in the same country. Surely this is very much an
individual thing. I, for instance have 24hr clock set up on my PC / watch
I had a microwave that had the option to use 24 hour, and that was what I
chose. A computer geek friend (more geeky than I am) came over, noticed
it, and promptly started to let me know there was something wrong with it,
and he was sure he could fix it -- until I told him I wanted it that way.
My father was in the army so I grew up hearing I had to be in school by oh
eight hundred hours, then I worked at a 24hour answering server, and then
as a wire operator at a stock brokerage. Therefore, it's very natural for
me to write 16:30, and a lot faster than 4:30pm.
--
Adrienne Boswell at Home
Arbpen Web Site Design Services http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share
Stan Brown wrote:
Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:32:52 +0100 from Steve Swift
<St*********** @gmail.com>:
>TV Schedules always used to be printed in 24-hour format,
"Always"? Surely not!
For instance, to the best of my recollection TV Guide never did.
Agreed, and I don't know about you, but I remember them going back to
the sixties, if not the late fifties.
--
Blinky RLU 297263
Killing all posts from Google Groups
The Usenet Improvement Project - http://improve-usenet.org
Scripsit ta********@gmai l.com:
What time zones tend to use 24 hours time format?
That's not an HTML question; it's grossly off-topic. Besides, your premises
are wrong. Time formats and time zones are completely different issues
(orthogonal, as we say in pseudomathemati cal jargon).
Oh, and consider yourself plonked for continued disturbance: you are just
adding noise to the group.
--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca") http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/
In comp.infosystem s. www.authoring.html message <5n************ @mid.indiv
idual.net>, Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:54:00, Bergamot <be******@visi. com>
posted:
>Dr J R Stockton wrote:
>>
Everyone of even approximately normal intelligence can
understand 24-hour times.
Using 24-hour times in the U.S. is rare enough so the average person
probably won't know what it is.
If I had meant "does understand" I would have written that. The
exercise will, or might, do them good.
But surely the vast majority have come across "Military Time" being used
in the movies or on TV?
--
(c) John Stockton, Surrey, UK. ?@merlyn.demon. co.uk Turnpike v6.05 IE 6.
Web <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/- w. FAQish topics, links, acronyms
PAS EXE etc : <URL:http://www.merlyn.demo n.co.uk/programs/- see 00index.htm
Dates - miscdate.htm moredate.htm js-dates.htm pas-time.htm critdate.htm etc.
"Always"? Surely not!
The term "Always used to" implies a continuous period of time in the
past. It certainly was continuous between about 1950 (when I was
watching "Andy Pandy" and "Muffin the Mule") and some indeterminate time
in the past, but which I'd estimate as 10 years ago. I suspect the
watershed was when TV schedules became available in more than just the
Radio and TV times. This is all UK-centric, of course.
--
Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk
My father was in the army so I grew up hearing I had to be in school by oh
eight hundred hours, then I worked at a 24hour answering server, and then
as a wire operator at a stock brokerage. Therefore, it's very natural for
me to write 16:30, and a lot faster than 4:30pm.
And then there was the old army colonel who, when surveyed, said that he
hadn't had sex since nineteen fifty-four. When the surveyor remarked
that was a long time ago, he replied "Nonsense! It's only twenty-one
hundred hours now!"
So there's scope for confusion even between times and dates.
--
Steve Swift http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html http://www.ringers.org.uk This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics | |
by: Monty |
last post by:
Let's say you provide an online service from 7:00AM to 6:00PM Eastern
Time (daylight time in the summer). Is there way of showing these
hours of availability on a web page in the user's local time?
Thanks in advance for any advice.
|
by: heirou |
last post by:
I'm a novice in this subject....I've made a database that requires a
time conversion. For example, if local time is 1200, determine the
time in Korea. I use two fields: a date field, and a time field. I
need the converted time to show up in a report. I also need the
corresponding date to increment if necessary. Any ideas on how to do
this would be greatly appreciated.
|
by: Jon Davis |
last post by:
The date string: "Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:35:18 PST"
The problem:
// this fails on PST
DateTime myDate = DateTime.Parse("Thu, 17 Jul 2003 12:35:18 PST");
Help?
Jon
|
by: Marc Pelletier |
last post by:
Hello,
I am writing an application that does some simple astronomical
calculations. One of the variables I need is the number of hours passed in
this year. I've written the following function
public static double GetHoursofYear( DateTime aTime )
{
DateTime StartYear = new DateTime( aTime.Year, 1, 1 );
return ( aTime.ToOADate() - StartYear.ToOADate() ) * 24;
|
by: Cesar Ronchese |
last post by:
Hello!
I've built a program that show some dates to users. I got a problem when
users have different configured time zone machines, where:
- One machine that determined time zone the date displayed is 01/01/2006.
- In other different machine (and other configured time zone), the date
displayed is 12/31/2006 19:00:00
If I redefine the time zones of these two machines to the same, the date
| | |
by: maflatoun |
last post by:
Hi,
I have the following function to convert UTC time to Local time. It
works perfect for GMT- (Minus) time zones however it provides incorrect
results for GMT+(Plus) time zones?
// Format to local time from UTC
function formatToLocalTimeDate(inDate) {
var today = new Date();
var inDateMod = new Date(inDate);
|
by: Dirk Hagemann |
last post by:
Hello,
From a zone-file of a Microsoft Active Directory integrated DNS server
I get the date/time of the dynamic update entries in a format, which
is as far as I know the hours since january 1st 1901.
For Example: the number 3566839 is 27.11.07 7:00. To calculate this in
Excel I use this:
="01.01.1901"+(A1/24-(REST(A1;24)/24))+ZEIT(REST(A1;24);0;0) (put
3566839 in field A1 and switch the format of the result-field to the
corresponding...
|
by: student4lifer |
last post by:
Hello,
I have 2 time fields dynamically generated in format "m/d/y H:m".
Could someone show me a good function to calculate the time interval
difference in minutes? I played with strtotime() but but that only
gave me difference in hours and only if the times were on the same day
(after wrapping with date() function). TIA
|
by: amitpatel66 |
last post by:
Hi All,
Find below some useful information about Time Zone Conversion in oracle. Hope this would be helpful for many of them since all the real time projects that we work in follow different time zones (EST,PST etc) and you might well need to convert them to something specific as per your requirements:
insert into dates values(6, to_date('09/20/05 23:15', 'MM/DD/YY HH24:MI'));
--The contents of the table now look like this:
1...
|
by: marktang |
last post by:
ONU (Optical Network Unit) is one of the key components for providing high-speed Internet services. Its primary function is to act as an endpoint device located at the user's premises. However, people are often confused as to whether an ONU can Work As a Router. In this blog post, we’ll explore What is ONU, What Is Router, ONU & Router’s main usage, and What is the difference between ONU and Router. Let’s take a closer look !
Part I. Meaning of...
|
by: Hystou |
last post by:
Most computers default to English, but sometimes we require a different language, especially when relocating. Forgot to request a specific language before your computer shipped? No problem! You can effortlessly switch the default language on Windows 10 without reinstalling. I'll walk you through it.
First, let's disable language synchronization. With a Microsoft account, language settings sync across devices. To prevent any complications,...
| | |
by: jinu1996 |
last post by:
In today's digital age, having a compelling online presence is paramount for businesses aiming to thrive in a competitive landscape. At the heart of this digital strategy lies an intricately woven tapestry of website design and digital marketing. It's not merely about having a website; it's about crafting an immersive digital experience that captivates audiences and drives business growth.
The Art of Business Website Design
Your website is...
|
by: Hystou |
last post by:
Overview:
Windows 11 and 10 have less user interface control over operating system update behaviour than previous versions of Windows. In Windows 11 and 10, there is no way to turn off the Windows Update option using the Control Panel or Settings app; it automatically checks for updates and installs any it finds, whether you like it or not. For most users, this new feature is actually very convenient. If you want to control the update process,...
|
by: tracyyun |
last post by:
Dear forum friends,
With the development of smart home technology, a variety of wireless communication protocols have appeared on the market, such as Zigbee, Z-Wave, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc. Each protocol has its own unique characteristics and advantages, but as a user who is planning to build a smart home system, I am a bit confused by the choice of these technologies. I'm particularly interested in Zigbee because I've heard it does some...
|
by: agi2029 |
last post by:
Let's talk about the concept of autonomous AI software engineers and no-code agents. These AIs are designed to manage the entire lifecycle of a software development project—planning, coding, testing, and deployment—without human intervention. Imagine an AI that can take a project description, break it down, write the code, debug it, and then launch it, all on its own....
Now, this would greatly impact the work of software developers. The idea...
|
by: TSSRALBI |
last post by:
Hello
I'm a network technician in training and I need your help.
I am currently learning how to create and manage the different types of VPNs and I have a question about LAN-to-LAN VPNs.
The last exercise I practiced was to create a LAN-to-LAN VPN between two Pfsense firewalls, by using IPSEC protocols.
I succeeded, with both firewalls in the same network. But I'm wondering if it's possible to do the same thing, with 2 Pfsense firewalls...
|
by: adsilva |
last post by:
A Windows Forms form does not have the event Unload, like VB6. What one acts like?
| | |
by: bsmnconsultancy |
last post by:
In today's digital era, a well-designed website is crucial for businesses looking to succeed. Whether you're a small business owner or a large corporation in Toronto, having a strong online presence can significantly impact your brand's success. BSMN Consultancy, a leader in Website Development in Toronto offers valuable insights into creating effective websites that not only look great but also perform exceptionally well. In this comprehensive...
| |
