As a child I grew up on a 12 hour clock.

18-20 I had to learn 24 hour clock and use it all the time (heh).

Now as an adult I try to stay 24h but I still mentally swap 24h to 12h in my head.

So I look at the clock see 13:00 and think ok it’s 1:00pm.

So far, so good… When on a treadmill/bike watching the timer go up, I sometimes have mild confusion.

I’m doing 15:00 on this machine, ok the timer says 13:00… I have 4 minutes left. I realize my quick math and time recognition frameworks are colliding. The 13:00 gets quick swapped to a 1, and I then I do 5-1… I’ve noticed this on multiple days, even though I know it’s wrong.

Not sure of the right term for this, anyone else have this kind of coding confusion?

  • Ænima@lemm.eeEnglish
    81·
    5 months ago

    Sometimes I look at my watch or clocks in 24hr time and will say it’s" 9pm" or it’s “6pm” when really it’s 1900 and 1600.

    I think it’s related to the inconsistent time format that we have to balance. Most people don’t use 24hr so I can’t just say, it’s 1900 or 1600, and my brain does some quick math shortcuts, which blurts out the last number of the hours spot.

    Gonna be a confusing time for my son when he starts to learn how to tell time.

    • safesyrup@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      Same, here in switzerland we dont say lets meet for dinner at 18:00 but lets meet for dinner at 6. This can become confusing and i sometimes read 17:00 as 7 o‘clock

    • LwL@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      I also do that. I’ve missed appointments because of it even. I’ve learned to just repeat in 24 hour format and get a confirmation to make sure I didn’t fuck it up (helps that I live in a country where 24 hour is the default in everything other than speech, where it’s mixed, so there’s 0 chance the other person will have trouble with 24 hour time).