# Do you feel it's important for younger generations to be able to read an analog clock? If so why? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 19, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-its-important-for-younger-generations-to-be-able-to-read-an-analog-clock-if-so-why/1027820 "2026-02-19T17:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 74
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2026, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-its-important-for-younger-generations-to-be-able-to-read-an-analog-clock-if-so-why/1027820/74 "2026-02-19T22:16:24Z")
Here are ~150 recent posts on the upsides and downsides to analog vs digital clocks. Lots of points upthread were made there just 4 months ago. > [@Have you noticed that younger people seem slower to tell time from "traditional" clock faces?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-noticed-that-younger-people-seem-slower-to-tell-time-from-traditional-clock-faces/1024391): > > I’ve noticed this several times before, but a segment in a recent game show (The Floor) really highlighted it. For those with too much taste to watch low-brow game shows, the main action is two players face off, each with a bank of 45 seconds. Some image in a given category (like Fruits or Things in a Junk Drawer) is shown on a screen, and one of the players must identify whatever it is while their time clock counts down until they’re right, and then the other player gets a new image (and thei… Sorry folks, I should have linked this in way back at my post #2. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-feel-its-important-for-younger-generations-to-be-able-to-read-an-analog-clock-if-so-why/1027820)._