Why is 12 hour time even taught? Wouldn’t it just be easier to remember 13:00 instead of 1:00pm?

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Why is 12 hour time even taught? Wouldn’t it just be easier to remember 13:00 instead of 1:00pm?

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Most of the world does use 24 hour time (at least when writing down times). 12 hour time has some advantages (quicker to say, can be more easily shown on an analog clock face), but it’s probably mostly historic reasons, just like how the US still uses imperial units.

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