It's like that everywhere in Europe. Nobody says 'see you at fifteen'. 24 hour clock is merely for writing things down. I mean it would already be an improvement if the US would catch up with that, just saying that a 24 hour clock isn't said out loud as such. (not disagreeing or anything with you I guess, just adding some information).
Not really? In France it's perfectly normal to say "Rendez-vous à quinze heures" or "Le film commence à vingt-deux heures trente"
Google Translate sometimes seems to know how to do this too.
I am not fond of it. It is heavy and in most use cases, doesn't bring more information than 1-12, because the context makes generally obvious to know if we're talking about AM or PM.
(sorry about that ;) )
One of the main midday newscast is called "Le journal de treize heures".
And, as always, trying to generalize over a whole continent doesn't work out. It's perfectly fine in German or Polish to say "see you at fifteen".
This is why the less rural people over here use exact time.
Not sure why you feel the need to imply people using "half" are somehow impaired (as the attribute "rural" is often used to imply backwardness). The "half" notation is ubiquitous in the south.
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhrzeit#Sprechweise_im_Deutsch...
Sorry but that is not how it works in Portugal.
We usually say 15.00 unless it is clear from context that 3 is 15.00.
For example if I am scheduling to meet for a coffee at 3, it surely isn't 3 AM.
Now if I am talking about meeting for something else at 10, and it isn't clear from context, usually I will be asked if I mean 10 or 22.
Besides AM / PM is something that we have to deal with in English based devices, that is it.
Europe is not one country. In Sweden it's perfectly normal to say that.
Just thought I'd chime in here too.