Subj : TZUTC
To   : MICHIEL VAN DER VLIST
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Aug 09 2021 11:08:00

>  >> Maybe. Or maybe they considered GMT a "European thing". Like meters
>  >> and kilogra s. So they ignored it...
>
>  MP> Several of the offices involved in weather reporting have used it for
>  MP> years. However, the general US public has enough trouble figuring out
>  MP> the time zones in the mainland US these days.

>A Fidonet sysop is not representative for the general US public would you not s
>y?

I would suspect not.  :)

>24 hour clocks are in general use here. Digital clocks are almost always config
>red for 24 hour format. Broadcast guides are in 24 hour format. Public transpor
>uses 24 hour format for the time tables.

Here, AM and PM are more popular.  If a clock I have supports it, it
reports in 24 hour format.  Makes doing math using time much easier.

Mike


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