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From: Woody on 8 Jul 2010 03:44
Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:
> Ian McCall wrote
>> Martin S Taylor <mst(a)hRyEpMnOoVtEiTsHm.cIo.uSk> wrote:
>>> ...I have to say I hate the
>>> NRE app - total inconsistency between 12-hour and 24-hour clock. I
>>> e-mailed
>>> them about this, and they replied that 'most people prefer it that
>>> way', to
>>> which there's no answer, of course, other than 'I don't believe
> > > you'.
>>
>>
>> What's the inconsistency? Curious.
>
> For example: at main screen, hit "Plan a journey". Hit "Departing now"
>
> (which, although it doesn't look like a button, is the way to set the
> desired
> departure time of the train).
>
> The standard scroll wheel for times appears, in whatever time format
> is set
> in your Settings. I prefer 24-hour format, so I can set the search to
> look
> for trains which depart at, say, 1400h. This is confirmed in a box at
> the top
> as 2 PM. (Not even 2pm, which would be the British standard.)
>
> (There are also buttons where I can immediately select 9am and 5pm,
> which are
> presumably considered common choices.)
>
> Most people prefer it this way.

I suppose that depends on whether they meant 'most people in the uk
prefer to see the time in 12-hour format' which I wouldn't be surprised
at [1], or whether they meant 'most people prefer us to ignore their
choice as to what format they wanted'

[1] although on the railway I thought times were always quoted in 24
hour format? Certainly on the display boards at stations they are, so if
you were going to fix your format on one type, 24-hour would make the
most sense

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Woody
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