BFA Release Europe

[FuxieDK]

I believe the elementary schools everywhere in EU teach both,

Not in Denmark.. Why would schools teach irrelevant systems??
They don't teach imperial meassures for the same reason..

[Trend]

Not in Denmark.. Why would schools teach irrelevant systems??
They don't teach imperial meassures for the same reason..

So people in Denmark can't read the 99% of analog watches and clocks that are based on 12 and not 24 hours? That seems pretty stupid.

[Count Zero]

Well I'm dumb, apparently I thought it was coming out on the 14th in America. I screwed up my time off from work lol ...

[Lahis]

It's just mildly funny that one of Blizzard's mission statement values is "think GLOBALLY", but they constantly mess up basic stuff like this.

Well in the end, they're from the US. For them it must be hard to comphrehend 24 hour clock and SI units.

[Deja Thoris]

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

Actually, the OP thinks CEST is something to do with America. Thats this forum in a nutshell, some fucking idiot asking a question that he could just google then shitting all over the people that answer it.

[Onikaroshi]

I think the Danish people are busy trying to understand their own number system - they never get around to do the clock.

I... I think my head just broke.... Who in their right mind comes up with that lol.

[Tech614]

Saudi Arabia and Colombia seem to be a rare exception to the rule.

Yea cause of those English speaking nations of Egypt, Pakistan, every asian country on the map not named India or Singapore, Mexico and the other central american countries.

Rare exceptions indeed.

[Cosmic Janitor]

its 05:46 atm i only understand the 00:00 to 23:59 clocksystem dont want to learn the others to confusing

Why? "am" stands for ante meridiem, which means before noon in latin. The "pm" stands for post meridiem, past/after noon. While I perfer the 24 h format there is really nothing difficult about the other system.

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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.

I mean analog clocks are thing and widely used in europe as well. We just don't use the connotation of am/pm usually which means people tend to not know what refers to first and what to the second half.

[Deleted]

I... I think my head just broke.... Who in their right mind comes up with that lol.

The French do a similar thing. f.e. 80 is pronounced as 4*20.

[Anoikis]

I find the German spelling of New Zealand humorous for some reason

Neu = New / See = Sea / Land = Land, so Neuseeland is Newsealand in german.

[Onikaroshi]

Neu = New / See = Sea / Land = Land, so Neuseeland is Newsealand in german.

Never said there was anything wrong or whatever with it, just that it was humorous from a non german speaking standpoint

[Tydan]

Only on this volatile website would a simple question spawn a 4 page thread.

[Flaim]

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

World of Warcraft
Battle for Time

Main plotline: jaina doesn't want to get visibly older.
Also, horde fights for the AM/PM notation, while alliance fights for the 24h notation.

[Deleted]

I just wanted to remind you guys that the metric system is superior to your outdated shenanigans

[Azerox]

Alot of my friends were also confused thinking it was wednesday.
Glad i knew it straight up and took a few days off work to play.
Free time 14-8 till 22-8!

[Lindon]

Yes mister American, now... tuesday or wednesday?

*hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhnnnnnnnnnnnngggg*

That is the sound of you giving me an aneurysm.

[FuxieDK]

So people in Denmark can't read the 99% of analog watches and clocks that are based on 12 and not 24 hours? That seems pretty stupid.

We ca read analog watches, yes.. But.

1: It's not taught in any school
2: It switch between AM and PM in unlogical way (12PM comes after 11AM and 12AM comes aster 11PM). That's the major confusion (12AM should be with 1AM-11AM and 12PM should be with 1PM to 11PM).

[aeuhe4yxzhds]

Why is it so hard to use 24h time and server time. Who the fuck outside of Murrica and britbong-land use AM/PM?

So EU is 23:59 on Monday

[Huntaer]

Tuesday, 0.00 server time.

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Why is it so hard to use 24h time and server time. Who the fuck outside of Murrica and britbong-land use AM/PM?

So EU is 23:59 on Monday

This basically

[chooi]

My brain reads it as a "Nausea Land", so I'm with you there.

"Neuseeland" is literal translation for "Newsealand". (See = sea/ocean)