We recently bought a used Suzuki vehicle. The clock reads 0:00 for midnight and we can’t find a setting to change it. Is this standard in some country, to show midnight as zero versus 12? It isn’t giving military time - it still reads the usual afternoon times such a 1:00 for 1pm and so on. It also still reads 12 for noon. Just the midnight hour is wacky. It threw us for a loop the first time we were in the car during the midnight hour - we thought it was displaying the CD track time or something, but realized quickly that it wasn’t changing properly. I am 90% sure the stereo is stock and not an aftermarket. Any ideas?
So it goes 11:59, 0:00, 0:01, … 0:59, 1:00?
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So it goes 11:59, 0:00, 0:01, … 0:59, 1:00?
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Yup, exactly.
Most countries beside the US and Canada use a 24-hour clock, so I’d assume someone at Suzuki (or one of their suppliers) just had a poor understanding of how the 12-hour clock works when they designed the radio.
0:00 is midnight in the 24-hour clock. Obviously they got the afternoon hours right, but screwed up midnight.
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We recently bought a used Suzuki vehicle. The clock reads 0:00 for midnight and we can’t find a setting to change it. Is this standard in some country, to show midnight as zero versus 12?
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It is standard in every country except two (US and Canada). Right now my clock reads 00:59.
I think this might be a new fad; I was just in the small electronics department of a large chain store the other day, and noticed that almost all the digital alarm clocks read 0:00 instead of the usual 12:00.
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It is standard in every country except two (US and Canada). Right now my clock reads 00:59.
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Yup. Every digital clock I’ve seen anywhere in Europe (except one) - whether set to 24 hours or 12 hours - showed 0:00 on midnight. I guess most of them were produced in China anyway, so maybe “chinese standard” is becoming popular in US nowadays.
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Yup. Every digital clock I’ve seen anywhere in Europe (except one) - whether set to 24 hours or 12 hours - showed 0:00 on midnight. I guess most of them were produced in China anyway, so maybe “chinese standard” is becoming popular in US nowadays.
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Then wouldn’t they all show Beijing Standard Time?
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It is standard in every country except two (US and Canada). Right now my clock reads 00:59.
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Add Australia to that list. 24-hour time exists, but I wouldn’t yet call it “standard”
Wait a second… Is it really “standard” for US and Canadian (and possibly Australian) clocks to show hours like: 11:58pm, 11:59pm, 12:00pm, 0:01am etc.? I assumed from OP it is.
Clocks I’ve seen in Europe set to 12-hour time usually were like 11:59pm, 0:00am, 0:01am etc. That might be side effect from 24-hour time that usually shows midnight as 0:00 anyway. So dual-purpose clocks that might be set to either 12 or 24-hour time probably would show midnight as 0:00 - just like clock in OP did.
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Yup. Every digital clock I’ve seen anywhere in Europe (except one) - whether set to 24 hours or 12 hours - showed 0:00 on midnight.
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That’s just totally incorrect.
Pretty much every digital clock and watch I’ve ever seen shows 12:00AM for midnight when set to 12hr time, and 12:00PM for noon. When set to 24hr time they show 0:00 and 12:00 respectviely.
I have never encountered ANY that show 0:00 when in 12hr mode.
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Wait a second… Is it really “standard” for US and Canadian (and possibly Australian) clocks to show hours like: 11:58pm, 11:59pm, 12:00pm, 0:01am etc.? I assumed from OP it is.
Clocks I’ve seen in Europe set to 12-hour time usually were like 11:59pm, 0:00am, 0:01am etc. That might be side effect from 24-hour time that usually shows midnight as 0:00 anyway. So dual-purpose clocks that might be set to either 12 or 24-hour time probably would show midnight as 0:00 - just like clock in OP did.
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No puppygod, what the OP is describing is that we (in the US) never see “0” as an hour digit if the clock is a 12-hr time clock. 11:59, 12:00, 12:01, whether am or pm. If a clock supports 24-hour time, (like my Grundig shortwave) you see 0:00 for midnight, 12:00 for noon, and 23:59 for 1 minute before midnight.
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Wait a second… Is it really “standard” for US and Canadian (and possibly Australian) clocks to show hours like: 11:58pm, 11:59pm, 12:00pm, 0:01am etc.? I assumed from OP it is.
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No.
11:58 p.m., 11:59 p.m., 12:00 a.m., 12:01 a.m., …
There are no “0:xx” times on our clocks.
12 a.m. is midnight. 12 p.m. is noon.