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It largely has to do with eliminating confusion over times. 1300 hours can only be one time. Saying "one o'clock" can mean two different times.

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Military time (Zulu) is essentially Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) it was established in 1882.

It is also known as "UTC" (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Military time is the 24 hour clock. It was created to avoid any confusion between similar sounding times such as 2:00am and 2:00pm. If this was sent over a radio with bad reception for instance! This would be 0200 hours and 1400 hours in military time.


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