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How do people in Germany or any other 24 hour format country tell the time? (lemmy.ml)
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I mean, do they say "I sleep at 9pm" or more like "I sleep at 2100 hrs" even while they are talking informally? 2100 hrs sounds very formal to me, but yeah, I was just wondering if they used 24 hour format for only official and government proceedings and used 12 hour format for casual stuff.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

When people talk they speak in the 12 hour clock, but written communication is in 24hr

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

(in German) Both formats are commonly used in both cases.

[–] idkwhatimdoing 5 points 1 year ago

Can confirm this is the case in Spain, always spoken as the 12hr equivalent but written in 24hr

[–] yata 3 points 1 year ago

It varies very much from country to country. In some it is perfectly fine to say "meet you at 19 o'clock" or similar.