Is using the 24 hour clock really beyond you?

[Reinholder]

I understand that you need to perform maintenance - I even like that you stay on your toes, but please. Please, please either use the 24 clock, or put am or pm. Not a big thing. Actually really, really simple, but I think you'll find it'll make a great deal of difference to those of us wondering what the hell you're talking about, when you inform us days in advance, that maintenance will be performed on a certain date, between 7-9. 7-9 what? AM? PM?

[ZohnoReecho]

Sorry but, what do you think they are using there? 24h system has no prefix or suffix like 12h. 7 - 9 is 7 - 9, period.
Like http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodest...42fb210c1cb218 shows 21:00 - 22:15.

[Korinth]

They've used the twenty four hour clock since the first beta.

[Reinholder]

I've not seen one example of 24 hour clock usage on notices.

[ZohnoReecho]

I've not seen one example of 24 hour clock usage on notices.

Which notices? Lodestone's?

[ZohnoReecho]

Ya it changes based on which site you read the news. "na." has the 12h while "eu." has the 24h.

[Reinholder]

http://i.imgur.com/m22UiKb.jpg

Oh! What's that? no a.m., p.m., or 24 hour indicator? funny that.

[bowz]

http://i.imgur.com/m22UiKb.jpg

Oh! What's that? no a.m., p.m., or 24 hour indicator? funny that.

I'm guessing you don't know how the whole 24 hour thing works...

In the 12 hour(am/pm) version you have AM(before midday) and PM(after midday) as indicator after the given hour. In the 24 hour version you have no such indicators, as the time is displayed between 0:00 and 23:59.

Here is how it works if you wanted to convert:
12:00am to 11:59am = 00:00 to 11:59
12:00pm to 11:59pm = 12:00 to 23:59

For example:
07:45 is the same as 7:45am
OR
13:30 is the same as 01:30pm, as it is past the 12 hour mark.

[Avedis1134]

SE has used the 24h clock as long as I remember from ffxi and continuing to ffxiv.


Edit:
Actually, here is the schedule for the 10/1 maintenance, from the lodestone:

[Date & Time]
Oct. 1, 2013 from 12:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. (PDT)
* The completion time may be subject to change.

Pretty cut and dry, I think.

[rigormortis]

It says GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) right there on your screen shot. It doesn't get any clearer than that. Also, no AM or PM indicator means it's on 24 hr clock, on GMT.