q: change clock to 12-hour mode?

[Jouko Haapanen]

I think the Newfies are on a 11.5h system...

Jouko Haapanen
born 'n raised w/ 24h clocks

----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Lamond" <dlam119 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Barton Oleksy" <barto at nait.ab.ca>
Cc: "Quattro Mailing List" <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2001 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: q: change clock to 12-hour mode?


> When Canada went metric, I got so tired of saying, " Whats that in
miles
> b'y?" that I headed for the States.  If you want to stay home, the
mental
> conversion from a 24 hour clock to a 12 hour should be no more of a
problem
> than changing a channel on the tube.  Try to keep in mind that there
are
> people who function quite well on the 24 hr. clock system.
>
> Come to think of it, isn't that the way it works?
>
> Don't we have 24 hours to a day.
>
> Where did this 12 hour idea come from?
>
> Probably from the Maritimes.
>
>
> Barton Oleksy wrote:
>
> > This may also be a special case for Canadian-imported cars, but
both our
> > '89 200t and the '91 200tq display the time (clock in the
instrument
> > panel) in 24-hour format.  Is it possible to change this to
12-hour?  If
> > so, how hard is it?
> >
> > Is it related to the fix I found to change the *other* way
(12-hour to
> > 24-hour format)?  Here's the URL for that change:
> >
> > http://members.aol.com/c1j1miller/body.html#Changing the clock to
> > 24-hour mode
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Bart
> > '86 CGT
> > '89 200t
> > '91 200tq
>
>