When there are 24 hours in a day, why do clocks and watches have only 12 hours?

Question

Thus creating confusion. Kindly come up with some logical questions, Please

Answer 1

It is a good question .logical too.

They could have made the watches with 24 partitions representing hours in the entire day ( day +night as we call ).

But 24 divisions with again subdivision markings for minutes, makes it clumsy and the watch should be having a big dial .
More over we have divided time of day into AM and PM. 12 hours in each division.So logically it is enough if you have an implement to show 12 hours as again the the 12 hours repeat .This way the watch looks more clear, and all markings are clearly visible.You know whether it is Am or PM by the day light available or darkness.

The watch can be beautifully made with 12 hrs dial.
so I think . they thought it is enough we have 12 hrs dial, and so made it like that.

Answer 2

some human beings have stated that base 12 is a competent base to paintings with. It has various factors - 2, 3, 4, & 6. on a similar time as base 10 has purely 2 & 5. once you paintings with time in base 12, you ought to use a million/2 an hour (30 min), or a million/3 hr (20 min) , a million/4 hr (15 min), or possibly a million/6 hr (10 min). there is likewise a ought to maintain the huge form small, so as that that's achievable. 12 hours is less difficult to maintain faucet than 24 hours, remembering that we are very gentle with base 10. So, 12 is purely 2 extra advantageous than 10 besides the fact that it grants particular advantages.

Answer 3

Because of sundials. In Egypt, where the 12 hour system started, there were 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of night. Since the sundial only work during the day, they only had 12 markings on the dial.

As for using twelve there are various reasons. Some say it is from twelve signs of the Zodiac/months, other say it if from counting on your hand by touching your thumb to each of the three bones on your four fingers.

(Yes I know the length changed during the year, but their system allowed for corrections)

Answer 4

Well, there are 2 parts in a day, and each are 12 hours long. Nobody says it's 24 o' clock!!

Answer 5

The story goes back to the time when there were no clocks. Local time was determined at one place and announced by striking a gong.To give respite to the striker , you started all over again after 12.

Answer 6

to show 12 hours of Day and 12 hours of Night

Answer 7

As a sidebar, military clocks do have 24 hours on them. and They don't use am or pm. time goes from 0001 hours to 2400 hours. This is because of potential confusion from saying we will attack at 7 o'clock; am or pm? In early wars (WWI and WWII, Korea) you couldn't just call or email "am or pm?" it took hours to get message delivered via messenger.

Answer 8

Why it created confusion to you (only you)?
A day comprises of two parts day and night (day means a complete day as well part of a day with light).
So, two parts.
But from the time of Jesus birth, the starting time went to 12.00 midnight and it continued this way.*

Answer 9

Because of two things
1)space problem and
2)Reusability technique

Answer 10

AM and PM