What is the 24-hour clock?
Q: What is the 24-hour clock?
A: The 24-hour clock is a way of telling time in which the day runs from midnight to midnight and is divided into 24 hours, numbered from 0 to 24. It does not use a.m. or p.m.
Q: How do you write time in the 24-hour clock system?
A: Time in the 24-hour clock system is written in the form hours:minutes (for example, 01:23), or hours:minutes:seconds (01:23:45). Numbers under 10 have a zero in front (called a leading zero); e.g. 09:07.
Q: What are some other names for this system?
A: This system is also referred to as military time or continental time (only in the US and English speaking parts of Canada and UK respectively). In some parts of the world, it is called railway time.
Q: When does each day start and end under this system?
A: Under the 24-hour clock system, each day begins at midnight (00 :00) and ends at 23 :59 before transitioning into 00 :00 of the following day.
Q; What are some advantages of using this system over 12-hours clocks?
A; Advantages over 12 hour clocks include being able to more easily distinguish between morning and afternoon times as well as being used by computers, military, public safety, transport systems etc., making it easier for people all around the world to communicate times accurately without confusion due to different local conventions regarding AM/PM notation..
