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CharmYou Posted 12 years ago
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Can I say 14 pm in English to mean 2 pm?

Can I say 14 pm in English to mean 2 pm?
  

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Nope. The 24-hour clock obviates the need for "am" and "pm". You would say 14:00, pronounced "fourteen hundred" or "fourteen hundred hours" ("hours" sounds a bit military)..

  • Nope.
  • The 24-hour clock obviates the need for "am" and "pm".
  • You would say 14:00, pronounced "fourteen hundred" or "fourteen hundred hours" ("hours" sounds a bit military)..
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Nope. The 24-hour clock obviates the need for "am" and "pm". You would say 14:00, pronounced "fourteen hundred" or "fourteen hundred hours" ("hours" sounds a bit military)..
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No. am/pm are not used.

The 24-hour clock is usually used only by the military, airlines, etc.

I never encounter it in conversation.
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CliveNo. am/pm are not used.The 24-hour clock is usually used only by the military, airlines, etc.I never encounter it in conversation.
In the UK it used for most transport timetables (trains, buses, etc.).
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I was writing a reminder app, asking the users to input a time and remind them. It's much easier to ask the users to input in the format of 24-hour clock so that they don't have to input the am/pm. But I'm afraid they might input 2 to mean 14 thus setting up a wrong reminder. So I came up with the idea that after inputting the time, there's going to be a label indicating am/pm. i.e. inputting 14 w
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CharmYou.e. inputting 14 will display 14 pm, and inputting 2 will display 2 am. I don't know if this is comfortable to native English speakers.
No, "14 pm" is just wrong.
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Ok. I'll ask the user to input am/pm, even though all Chinese users are not used to doing this. We usually prefer using 24 clock.
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CharmYouOk. I'll ask the user to input am/pm, even though all Chinese users are not used to doing this. We usually prefer using 24 clock.
I don't see a problem with allowing them to input 14. It is just the presentation "14 pm" that is wrong. If you display it as "14:00" or convert to "2 pm" then that would be OK.

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