Not as useful/convenient in places where it's not used as nothing and essentially no one makes use of it or is basically familiar with it.
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iPhone X - How to display am/pm on the clock?
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? It’s so you know what time it is. You don’t look at the time for others “to make use of it”
I think poster meant that in US, military time is not prevelant and many people have a tough time doing the math to convert to 12-hour numbers.
Seems like people asking others "what time is it?" is a rather common question.
Even that aside, when you are where it's not used then you looking at the time you need to convert it in your head which isn't heard but also won't be something natural or quick for those who never use the time because of where they live.
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That's more or less it.
yes I can tell if it day time or night time obviously but it just one feature that I like to see (am/pm) - like I said its not big deal for you guys but it's just me who like it
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I know how to use 24-hours format especially when I'm travel. My brain seem to like 12-hrs format
This is a serious problem whose potentially disastrous consequences are being casually ignored.
Example a senior citizen on a medication regiment not knowing if it's 6:10 AM or PM can, depending on medication, wind up taking double his medication and overdosing.
AM/PM had been in use for over 2000 years for a reason, but Apple apparently has a better idea.
I have advised Apple and expecting nothing. Nothing was the result.
PS: Military time is NOT a solution !
Example a senior citizen on a medication regiment not knowing if it's 6:10 AM or PM can, depending on medication, wind up taking double his medication and overdosing.
AM/PM had been in use for over 2000 years for a reason, but Apple apparently has a better idea.
I have advised Apple and expecting nothing. Nothing was the result.
PS: Military time is NOT a solution !
Thanks but just to let you know this is old thread. Yes your are right about that but I don't like so many step in order to see AM/PM.
Now I've moved from iPhone X to 13 Pro Max, still not showing clock as AM/PM.
The issue still arises in various places in 2024.
Swipe left on iPhone screen to see the World Clock small widget. At this moment it shows me New York as 7:35 with a black clock face and Albuquerque as 5:35 with a white clock face. is that because sunset is between 5:35pm and 7:35pm? If I see 5:00 with a black clock some day months from now, do I need to know sunrise and sunset times to know if it's AM or PM?
(Yes I can look out the window where I am sitting this moment, in Australia, and know if it is 10:35AM (yes) or 10:305PM (no) here. But that doesn't help me when I have people to talk to around the world. And yes I can figure out the time difference, which is about 16 hours, except moving plus or minus 1 or 2 hours as daylight savings changes, in opposite directions, on different dates. But kind of the point of the clock is to be convey information instantly, without thought or calculations. If I wanted to do calculations, I'd get out my sextant.)
And on my Apple Watch, I have an icon for ABQ time, which now has 5:40 with a tiny Sun above it (which other times is a tiny moon). What happens on a long summer day if say both 6:00AM and 6:00PM are in daytime, after sunrise and before sunset? Do both AM and PM get Sun icons?? There are 4 combinations of AM or PM and during day or during night, and all 4 are possible.
These are supposed to be "elegant" solutions? The height of design?
EDIT: I think I learned the system from another forum and thread: Supposedly White and Black switch at 6pm and 6am. So it's not for AM/PM And not for sunset/sunrise. It's a new Apple time system! yay.
EDIT2: Drat! My Albuquerque icon just rolled past 6pm and it's still White! There goes that theory! Ugh.
Swipe left on iPhone screen to see the World Clock small widget. At this moment it shows me New York as 7:35 with a black clock face and Albuquerque as 5:35 with a white clock face. is that because sunset is between 5:35pm and 7:35pm? If I see 5:00 with a black clock some day months from now, do I need to know sunrise and sunset times to know if it's AM or PM?
(Yes I can look out the window where I am sitting this moment, in Australia, and know if it is 10:35AM (yes) or 10:305PM (no) here. But that doesn't help me when I have people to talk to around the world. And yes I can figure out the time difference, which is about 16 hours, except moving plus or minus 1 or 2 hours as daylight savings changes, in opposite directions, on different dates. But kind of the point of the clock is to be convey information instantly, without thought or calculations. If I wanted to do calculations, I'd get out my sextant.)
And on my Apple Watch, I have an icon for ABQ time, which now has 5:40 with a tiny Sun above it (which other times is a tiny moon). What happens on a long summer day if say both 6:00AM and 6:00PM are in daytime, after sunrise and before sunset? Do both AM and PM get Sun icons?? There are 4 combinations of AM or PM and during day or during night, and all 4 are possible.
These are supposed to be "elegant" solutions? The height of design?
EDIT: I think I learned the system from another forum and thread: Supposedly White and Black switch at 6pm and 6am. So it's not for AM/PM And not for sunset/sunrise. It's a new Apple time system! yay.
EDIT2: Drat! My Albuquerque icon just rolled past 6pm and it's still White! There goes that theory! Ugh.
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