Which large countries use 12-hour time format (AM/PM)? [closed]

1. What countries use 12 hour time?
2. What countries use AM and PM time?
3. Is AM PM used in Europe?
4. Does the UK use 12 or 24-hour clock?
5. Does Japan use AM PM?
6. Is 12 am Night or Day?
7. Does England use AM PM?
8. Is it Am Night or Day?
9. Is Afternoon 12 AM or PM?
10. Do Americans use the 24 hr clock?
11. Is 12 at midnight AM or PM?
12. Do Europeans use 24 hr clock?

What countries use 12 hour time?

9) Eighteen (18) Countries use the 12-hour clock: Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Colombia, Egypt, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Ireland, Jordan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia and U.S. (although the military uses the 24-hour clock).

What countries use AM and PM time?

Most countries around the world today use the 24-hour system. However, the 12-hour format, including am and pm, is officially used in a number of countries, including the United States, Canada (except Québec), Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines.

Is AM PM used in Europe?

It's used widely in Europe, and also by the military worldwide. The reason it is favoured over a 12hr clock is that it unambiguously labels the hours. There can be no mixup between 5am and 5pm for example, because there is no 'am' or 'pm', there is only 0500 hours and 1700 hours.

Does the UK use 12 or 24-hour clock?

The 24-hour clock

In conversation, most Brits use the 12-hour clock, as do most North Americans—so nine o'clock in the morning is "9am," and nine o'clock in the evening is "9pm."

Does Japan use AM PM?

Both the 12-hour and 24-hour notations are commonly used in Japan. The 24-hour notation is commonly used in Japan, especially in train schedules. ... The AM/PM signs are also used, while the sign may be placed either before or after the time (AM10:00 or 10:00AM).

Is 12 am Night or Day?

Another convention sometimes used is that, since 12 noon is by definition neither ante meridiem (before noon) nor post meridiem (after noon), then 12am refers to midnight at the start of the specified day (00:00) and 12pm to midnight at the end of that day (24:00).

Does England use AM PM?

Yes, people in the UK use a.m. and p.m. when using a 12 hour clock. The 24-hour clock is also used and doesn't require a.m. and p.m., but it is less commonly used.

Is it Am Night or Day?

Night-time is from sunset to sunrise. Every day starts precisely at midnight. AM (ante-meridiem = before noon) starts just after midnight. PM (post-meridiem=after noon) starts just after midday.

Is Afternoon 12 AM or PM?

'Noon' means 'midday' or 12 in the afternoon. The standard way of writing this therefore would be 12pm. However, there are ways to avoid the confusion completely: you could write 12 noon or 12 midnight instead. Alternatively, you could use the 24-hour clock system, where 12:00 is noon and 24:00 (or 00:00) is midnight.

Do Americans use the 24 hr clock?

While most countries use the 24-hour clock, the United States differs in that it uses the 12-hour clock almost exclusively, not only in spoken language, but also in writing, even on timetables, for airline tickets, and computer software.

Is 12 at midnight AM or PM?

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language states "By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight and 12 PM denotes noon.

Do Europeans use 24 hr clock?

Most Europeans use the 24-hour clock—known to us Yanks as "military time," though you'll never hear an Italian bark out a phrase like "at oh-six-hundred hours," not even in Italian (and not just because few Italians are silly enough to be awake at that ungodly hour).