BFA Release Europe

[Deleted]

I guess the most confusing part aobut the AM/PM thing is, that the most obvious logic (in my opinion) to understand them doesn't work.
With AM being the first half of the day an PM being the second while always counting up would result for 12PM being midnight and 12AM being midday - but for some reason it's the other way around.

It' just weird to count from 12 over 1 to 11.

Exactly, this is the main confusing point for those that use a 24 hour clock. A digital clock using that format will count the hours of the day and at 23:59 will got to 00:00 of the next day.
Most Europeans perfectly understand that AM is night/morning and PM is noon/evening. But the tricky part is how the times are displayed at noon and midnight. For Example midnight:

24hr clock: 23:59:59 -> 00:00:00 -> 00:00:01 etc.
12hr clock: 11:59:59 PM -> 12:00:00 AM -> 12:00:01 AM ->> 12:59:59 AM -> 01:00:00 AM

This is why many Europeans are confused whether its released midday or midnight. Personally I this the second example looks weird too, but if you are used to it its totally natural. Btw im not even 100% sure on that one so correct me in neccesary.

[Thelyron]

Not all europeans uses the 24h clock though, just a vast portion. Do believe Britain is moving more towards it, but where do you think America got the 12h clock from :P. Though still, people bitch about Americans not learning about other countries, but learning 2 different clocks that you have a good chance of running into in your life shouldn't be that big of a deal.

Not like it's the 6 hr clock that a few countries still use O.o

What? Never heard of that.

[Deleted]

Exactly this hence my post.

seriously, you can't figure out what am/pm or CEST means?? come on... you just need to use your head for a few seconds to find out wtf is "12 am CEST", and at worst you spended more time typing your post than it takes to find out by yourself with ggl…

[huth]

Don't speak for all of us, in Germany we always say, for example, "21 Uhr" for full hours, 12h format is only used for parts of hours, like 20:30 is "halb 9" when spoken.

No, we don't.
I've encountered both, though the 24h time tends to be used more when punctuality or exact time is important. Other than that, it's mostly personal preference.

There's a difference in usage, though. 24h times are typically given as hours "Uhr" minutes or hours [beat] minutes(e.g. 20:30 is either "20 Uhr 30" or "20 30"), while 12h time is often given with more broad terms like half, quarter or three-quarter twelve, which half of germany has no f-ing clue when that is.

[Sliske]

Turns out im a wrong boi

[Magicpot]

As a guy in the UK it will be 11pm UK time on Tuesday. For people in central europe that will be 1 hour later, or midnight, tuesday.

Incorrect. It'll be 11pm monday for UK (13.08.2018) and 0:00 tuesday for the rest of europe (14.08.2018). Simultaneous release across all continents.

[Deleted]

As a guy in the UK it will be 11pm UK time on Tuesday.

No, 11pm UK time on monday.
Midnight of mon/tues at 0:00 for CET.

[Saphyron]

A guy asks about the release date and it turns into a 12h clock vs. 24h clock war. This forum in a nut shell

To be fair the OP had a problem with the AM PM notation, so its understandable.

[Haloswin]

A guy asks about the release date and it turns into a 12h clock vs. 24h clock war. This forum in a nut shell

Don't forget the prerequisite America bashing....

[whywhatwhowhenhow]

So in the UK we actually get it on Monday 13th 11pm (or 23:00 if you prefer)

[rrayy]

To be fair the OP had a problem with the AM PM notation, so its understandable.

But, was the America bashing needed?

[Deleted]

A guy asks about the release date and it turns into a 12h clock vs. 24h clock war. This forum in a nut shell

Yeah some people...





Also, 24h clock all the way!

[Floopa]

man u gotta question where the fuck education went wrong if people cannot tell the time lmao

[Onikaroshi]

What? Never heard of that.

Yup, it's a thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-hour_clock

Weird one too.

[Deleted]

To settle it once and for all, most English-speaking countries use 12 hour time, everyone else uses 24 hour time. Saudi Arabia and Colombia seem to be a rare exception to the rule.

[Khallid]

A guy asks about the release date and it turns into a 12h clock vs. 24h clock war. This forum in a nut shell

To be fair, his question was properly answered several times... so now let's have heated debate about silly things. Analogue vs digital clocks!

[Deleted]

To be fair, his question was properly answered several times... so now let's have heated debate about silly things. Analogue vs digital clocks!

The issue is, that even their digital clocks use 12 hour time, IN 2018! That's like some saying the Earth is flat, when most of the world knows that it is round.

[Corroc]

man u gotta question where the fuck education went wrong if people cannot tell the time lmao

Take a look at mirror. You can see alot of things gone wrong.

[Khallid]

The issue is, that even their digital clocks use 12 hour time, IN 2018! That's like some saying the Earth is flat, when most of the world knows that it is round.

Meh, I lived in France for 2 years and nobody would ever use 12-hour notation in any situation. But they weren't oblivious to the existence of 12-hour clocks either.

[Deleted]

Meh, I lived in France for 2 years and nobody would ever use 12-hour notation in any situation. But they weren't oblivious to the existence of 12-hour clocks either.

We don't even have a concept of am/pm, we would be forced to use the words "morning", "afternoon", "evening" as suffix if we were to say time in 12 hour format.