# ­xkcd thread **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 **Category:** Cafe Society **Tags:** comic-strips **Created:** [May 28, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574 "2020-05-28T00:57:03Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 3783
### 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: [December 13, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574/3783 "2024-12-13T21:22:23Z")
We were already having fun with that one over in the omnibus Aviation thread. See here & subsequent: > [@The Great Ongoing Aviation Thread (general and other)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-great-ongoing-aviation-thread-general-and-other/600499/6988): > > The Great Ongoing Aviation / xkcd thread crossover we always wanted: [[image] ](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/metar.png) Funny enough, in a sense the hoverover / caption is sorta true. From one POV typical 24-hour time designations (“military time” to Americans) are all assumed to be AM. If “everything is AM” means that “1100” is 11 hours after midnight, then it would also mean that “1300” is 13 hours after midnight. Which it really is. Hmmm. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/xkcd-thread/854574)._