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Military time starts at midnight and runs through to the following midnight. It's a 24-hour clock rather than a 12-hour clock. It's commonly called the military clock because the military are the primary users of it in the United States. However, in most of the rest of the world the 24-hour clock is commonplace and is almost always used in written communication. Twelve-hour time is used colloquially, though. |
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Step 1 Take a look at the outer numerals on the clock face. Step 2 Translate the mornings. Read off the numerals. The numerals 24 represent midnight in civilian time. The numerals 01 represent one o'clock in the morning, the numerals 02 represent two o'clock in the morning and so on. If the numerals on the face are anything between 01 and 12, it's easy because they are the same as civilian time. The numerals 10 are ten o'clock, for example. However, it starts getting a bit more complicated when you get to the numerals 13, which represent one o'clock in the afternoon in civilian time. Step 3 Translate the afternoon time. The numerals 14 convert to two o'clock, 15 converts to three o'clock, 16 converts to four o'clock, 17 converts to five o'clock and 18 converts to six o'clock. Step 4 Translate the evening time. The numerals 19 convert to seven o'clock, 20 is eight o'clock, 21 is nine o'clock, 22 is ten o'clock, 23 is eleven o'clock and at 24 you're back to midnight. Step 5 Read off the hour hand. It's the shorter hand and uses the outer twenty-four-hour dial. Step 6 Read off the minute hand. It's the longer hand and uses the inner dial, which is marked from 0 to 60. Step 7 Convert the time. If the hour hand reads between 15 and 16 on the outer dial, for example, and the longer minute hand reads 30 on the inner dial, the time is 3:30 in the afternoon. |
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