random question about china

**BART** · 07-10-2007, 10:37 PM

Anyone know what the convention is in China for time? I imagine they use a 24-hour clock, rather than AM/PM?

I'm trying to arrange a meeting and the guy in china seems confused.

**Skeezin'** · 07-11-2007, 12:20 AM

Dude, luring chinese men to your house for "meetings" is not cool.

**skimmer612** · 07-11-2007, 01:02 AM

i'm pretty sure it's AM/PM style

**ZapBulletRider** · 07-11-2007, 04:52 AM

**ZapBulletRider** · 07-12-2007, 08:19 AM

I'm actually kind of disappointed that no one responded to that post, I worked on that pic for a good half hour

**Mapdash** · 07-12-2007, 08:22 AM

Originally Posted by ZapBulletRider

cool pic.

**ZapBulletRider** · 07-12-2007, 08:25 AM

haha you ass

**(S3)** · 07-12-2007, 08:28 AM

嘿,我是克里斯汉森与生化详情

**BDirty** · 07-12-2007, 08:30 AM

a 24 hour clock like you mean military time? 0800 hours is 8AM and 1500 is 3pm blah blah.

**(S3)** · 07-12-2007, 08:31 AM

China is roughly 14 hrs ahead of us. My experience tells me that they use conventional am/pm time.

**ZapBulletRider** · 07-12-2007, 08:33 AM

Originally Posted by (S3)

China is roughly 14 hrs ahead of us. My experience in a chinise prison tells me that I have no gag reflex and a strong stomach.

wow... tmi, dude

**Mapdash** · 07-12-2007, 08:36 AM

in my limited exposure to asian pron......i would say the gag reflex is not an issue. *holding up pinky finger*

**Colon** · 07-12-2007, 08:36 AM

Originally Posted by ZapBulletRider

I lol'd.

DT · 07-12-2007, 08:43 AM

Both the 12-hour and 24-hour notations are used in spoken and written Chinese. However, to avoid confusion, time on schedules and public notices are typically formatted in the 24-hour system. Example: 19:45. Chinese characters that mean hour (Traditional Chinese: 時; Simplified Chinese: 时; Pinyin: sh&#237

and minute (Chinese: 分; Pinyin: fēn) are sometimes used instead of the standard colon. Example: 19時45分. 正 (zhèng) is used to mean exactly on the hour. Example: 19時正.

[from Wiki]

**BART** · 07-12-2007, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by ZapBulletRider

I'm actually kind of disappointed that no one responded to that post, I worked on that pic for a good half hour

i forgot i made this thread. it's hilarious, damn perfect too.

**BART** · 07-12-2007, 09:03 AM

thanks for the replies, i finally got the meeting time agreed upon, and I guess they use AM/PM. still not completely sure but that's how they responded. thanks DT.

DT · 07-12-2007, 09:04 AM

[3am, Bart's House]

Ring....Ring...

"Who the hell is this?"

"Herro?"

**BART** · 07-12-2007, 09:13 AM

yeah basically. i said call me at 8am china time (5pm in Cali). she goes, 'i call you 8pm china time, ok?' uh please don't, that's 5am here.

DT · 07-12-2007, 09:20 AM

Mail order bride? One of my old developers got one of those - I'm dead serious. He was a funny guy, Marine, used to throw staplers at people, good developer.

**ZapBulletRider** · 07-12-2007, 09:30 AM

Originally Posted by DT

[3am, Bart's House]

Ring....Ring...

"Who the hell is this?"

"Herro?"

This got me for some reason. I haven't actually laughed out loud this hard at a post in a while. I had sandwich in my mouth and almost inhaled it down the wrong pipe.

**ZapBulletRider** · 07-12-2007, 09:31 AM

Originally Posted by DT

Mail order bride? One of my old developers got one of those - I'm dead serious. He was a funny guy, Marine, used to throw staplers at people, good developer.

... used to accuse chestnuts of being lazy...

**BART** · 07-12-2007, 09:31 AM

client for work

**Mapdash** · 07-12-2007, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by ZapBulletRider

This got me for some reason. I haven't actually laughed out loud this hard at a post in a while. I had sandwich in my mouth and almost inhaled it down the wrong pipe.

hahahah.....i did the sme thing except i almost swallowed my gum.

DT.....nice.

-RA made. (my new abbreviation for rep attempt)