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Casual time dyslexia
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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.
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
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).
That moment when I can say I was born in the 1600's.