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my husband frequently gets annoyed with me. He looks over to see what time my watch has and say "This damn military time is a crock!" Why can't we tell time like normal people he wants to know?

What does he mean by normal time?:rolleyes:

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Specializes in Neuro Critical Care.

Your guess is as good as mine, all my watches have 24hours on them. I hope he wasn't suggesting that we are not normal?!?!:wink2:

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I think he is saying that we are NOT normal. :nono:

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When I started nursing the military time drove me crazy too. Then someone taught me an easy method to figure out how to use it. Early a.m. hours are easy 0100 is 1 a.m. etc until you get to 12noon. Then if you want to know what time say 6 p.m. is you add 12 noon plus 6 p.m. to get 18 or 1800 hours. 12 noon plus 10 p.m. equals 22 or 2200 hours. You get the idea. But for what it is worth, I am with your hubby. Military time is strange, but it helped me a lot when I understood how to work it

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You might point out to him that in most of the world 24-hour time is the official standard. All official times for trains, planes, buses and media are listed on the 24-hour clock.

Of course, the easy-to-understand metic system is the world standard, too, and that's never stopped the good ol' U-S-of-A.

At least we don't weigh ourselves in Stone...

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NORMAL!!!??? I for one am not normal. And have no desire to be normal. Its too difficult.

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Originally posted by DJrn

NORMAL!!!??? I for one am not normal. And have no desire to be normal. Its too difficult.

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Originally posted by ptnurse

When I started nursing the military time drove me crazy too. Then someone taught me an easy method to figure out how to use it. Early a.m. hours are easy 0100 is 1 a.m. etc until you get to 12noon. Then if you want to know what time say 6 p.m. is you add 12 noon plus 6 p.m. to get 18 or 1800 hours. 12 noon plus 10 p.m. equals 22 or 2200 hours. You get the idea. But for what it is worth, I am with your hubby. Military time is strange, but it helped me a lot when I understood how to work it

Hey, thanks ptnurse, I will remember that method !;)

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Originally posted by DJrn

NORMAL!!!??? I for one am not normal. And have no desire to be normal. Its too difficult.

I agree wholeheartedly with you, DJrn. The last thing I am TODAY ESPECIALLY.........is NORMAL! :rotfl: :lol2:

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My boyfriend, parents and friends who were unfamiliar with the 24 hour clock, are now telling time the normal way. I can only tell time this way. I get confused when I wake up without my 24-hr watch within close view (I'm near-sighted). Especially when it's sunny etc. at 0700 and 1900!

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In nursing school I had to answer a question in military time and I put 2040 hrs. I have always done it like this. The instructor marked it incorrect and said I should have left off hrs. Is this true for medical professionals?

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In nursing school I had to answer a question in military time and I put 2040 hrs. I have always done it like this. The instructor marked it incorrect and said I should have left off hrs. Is this true for medical professionals?

I do it both with and without the "hrs", depending on which would make it more clear

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