LinnAnn -Book writer : the European day – we use continental European time over here – goes from 0:00 to 23:59. We have 2 x 12 hrs, too, but don't distinguish into AM & PM.

Don't worry, it confused me, too, when I was in the US. Imagine their surprise when someone asked me for the time and I said, "Fourteen Thirty" when I meant 2:30 PM.

This time it wasn't at least my poopy accent that betrayed me, but peanuts like that.