Do you automatically know how to convert the time to military hours?

[GoldenHours]

At work we always have to refer to military time/a 24 hour clock. I often see people having to count with their fingers to what the time is (e.g. counting that 8pm is 20:00). Similarly, with months I see people having to count with their fingers what number month it is when writing the date (e.g. counting to see that August is the 8th month).

Do you know the time in 24 hours and the number of the months off-by-heart or do you have to count it?

Where do you work, out of interest? Never experienced these difficulties in my workplace

I know it without thinking about it, both time and months.

Know by heart.

I generally have a good memory.

Except for song titles. I'm not good at those and phone numbers.

Yes not a problem for me. I know these by heart.

I know both exactly the same, and will use one or the other depending on who I’m talking to/what language or the country I’m in.

Months’ numbers very easy as well.

They cover this in primary....

I wouldn't find it a problem but not heard it called milifary time!

Just know both, but can't remember being taught either 🤔

The time yeah I know off by heart and I'm like 90% sure I can do the months or if I couldn't I'd think July is month 7 so September's 9 it would take me less than a second

I’ve never heard the 24 hour clock referred to as military hours. I think once you start booking flights as a young adult or pay online with debit cards or fill in date of birth online, for example, then you quickly get used to not having to “work them out”.

I know both by heart

I know without thinking about it.

Easily - I’m having trouble instead getting the children to understand analogue time. I’m now refusing to translate. My husband can confuse months but I think that’s more to do with English being a second language.

I don't need to convert anything, I just know what it is. Same as knowing E is the same letter as e even though they are different shapes.

It's less usual in the USA though.
Otoh, I get a very tiny bit thrown at some 12-hour times eg 5.00pm. I would normally think of this as 17.00. Perhaps I interpret as I see the number then have to readjust when I see the "pm" qualifier.

I’m dyslexic which makes these things a bit more difficult but I still mostly know them. I sometimes have to think about March and may. It only takes me about 2 seconds to process. I don’t count out on my fingers.

Yes it’s second nature now. But then I am 45 years old...

Worked in healthcare for years so am very used to using the 24 hour clock, don't have a problem with the months either.

I remember learning both. I can do them without any thought now and can also do adjusted month numbers for the financial year as well - that took about a year to automate though.

@daisypond

I know without thinking about it.

Yes I don't have to think about it

I think the ‘military time’ is specific with the pronunciation, so 0900 is ‘oh-nine-hundred’ which I tend not to stick with. But I use 24-hour format most of the time

Um, you just add 12 if it's PM?

I think it depends if you have to use it.

I would say I "know" it, but if there were some document or report that had to be accurate, then I'd like to double check.
Similarly, I know the months, but, as it is important to get the number of months old a child is, I like to double check.

I sort of know the phonetic alphabet, but the whole concept applies of "if you don't use it, you lose it". I don't ever use it in my work, so it means ferreting about in my memory, and sometimes I just go blank.

I just know those things. I can't remember ever not knowing, they're just in there, and I use them every day.

I see them exactly the same, like having mother tongue skills in two languages.

14:00 = 2pm and vice versa

I know the 24 hr clock as had to learn it at school. Also months but not quite as well.

Yes would think most people know how to convert these from school. I don't know the phonetic alphabet though.