On 2016-03-24, at 16:30, Robert Horn <rjh...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: >>>> On 2016-03-18, at 17:51, Marcin Borkowski <mb...@mbork.pl> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I'm now reading org-read-date-analyze to be able to enable US military >>>>> format for hours (e.g., 2100 instead of 21:00). This is potentially >>>>> very useful (at least for me), since I'll be able to enter the hour with > > This would be very convenient for me, but when it comes time to document > it a more proper name is 24-hour notation. It's used by much more than > the US military. It's standard for railway schedules in most of the > world, medical records in most of the world, aviation worldwide, and > other places.
Well, this seems not that obvious to me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock#Description . It seems that "24-hour notation" can also refer to the one with colon or full stop, so it is ambiguous. But if anyone comes up with a better name than "US military time", I'm all for it. > I work mostly in 24-hr notation and putting that colon in the right > place is mistake prone. Not only that, but it is plain old inconvenient. > R Horn Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University
