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Which is better, the 24-hour clock, or the 12-hour am/pm clock?
Guys, I need your help! Recently, I've come up with the question on the convenient time format (24-hour or 12-hour am/pm). I know this varies in different countries, but do most people understand each format? Which is more convenient and which one you would use in your day-t0-day apps?
Thanks in advance for your answers!
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Kim Lining
24 hour clock obviously
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I think 12 hour clock is much more convenient and anyone can read it easily.
@jaskiran_kaur yeah, it's really true that everyone understands it. So if setting up one of your apps, you would choose 12-hour clock, right?
Your question sounds too important to be answered based on what few people think (small sample size). I'd try to find if someone made a study about it. And then consider your target audiance. That said, the 12 hour clock usually takes less congintive effort for me to decypher, aside from rare occasions. The 24 one becomes more cryptic from 14:00 to 22:00.
@nidal_ghonaim thanks a lot for your explanation, and I totally agree that my question requires way more people to make a conclusion!
Hi, you should go for a 24h format, it's universal, for instance AM/PM wont be understood by non English speakers (for instance french or arabic)
@robert_brandon yeah, but when we talk about product placement for a specific region, we need to tend to their convenience
I prefer the 12-hour format simply because that is the format I have been using since I was a kid.
@rakuba_mumu Never got confused when the alarm clock didn't show you "am/pm" but only figures?
24 hours clock because there are not any duplicacy and can understand easily without am or pm.
I think 12 hour am/pm. You're much less likely to have someone complain about subtracting the 12 to convert it. While some people do that instinctively some do not however with 12 hour am/pm I would say most can read it at a glance despite some people potentially having a preference the other way.
