Sign In Times

[Meeko]

I am sure that the OP can translate just fine. It's just one more step she shouldn't have to do. Her paperwork isn't that way.

I would ask dcd to write it like everyone else.

[Blackcat31]

So, I have this parent that signs in and out using military time. I don't know why, but it's really annoying because allllll of the other parents use regular time, so when I'm logging hours for my taxes or going through the attendance sheets, his time always throws me off because it's completely different than the others.

Do you think it would be too much to ask him to just use normal time when he signs his kid in so my time sheets are uniform or is that too anal? ::

I mean, I have a clock that shows the time and he still converts it to military time. C'mon man....

Can I ask you why?
Does your state require you to turn in your sign in/out sheets?
Is it just that an entry using military time just looks different on the sign in/out sheet?

Depending on your reasoning, my answer will differ.

[BGM]

Can I ask you why?
Does your state require you to turn in your sign in/out sheets?
Is it just that an entry using military time just looks different on the sign in/out sheet?

Depending on your reasoning, my answer will differ.

I am sure that the OP can translate just fine. It's just one more step she shouldn't have to do. Her paperwork isn't that way.

I would ask dcd to write it like everyone else.

NEAT!!!


It would honestly annoy the heck out of me, too. To be 100% honest, it would depend how much I liked the family. Good family, probably wouldn't say anything. Late pick ups/early drop offs, late payments or something that made the log necessary to keep additional track of? I'd probably ask.

Anyone prior military, who made it more than a few weeks, knows how to follow simple directions. I don't buy it can't be done.

Yes, DCD, we get you served; "Thanks for your service". Now let's get with the program at home, please.

My DH is also former military and we both are medics. Silly to think we can't adapt to change, IMHO. ::::::

I dont think it's that he cant follow rules, I'm sure dcd would adapt it she asked! But if she hasn't mentioned it, he is probably just in the habit of writing it that way....

I personally can handle military time, my dad would use military time all the time and I just got use to it. What I am not personally use to is military dates. Example today would be 11-10-2018. Day month year.
I had a dcm that dated everything this way just for fun. She had no military background, she just liked to make herself look smarter. Hmm wonder if that was reason she was fired.

I grew up with 24 hours instead of 12 am/pm. it comes automatically, and I set my phone, tablet, and watch to it. yeah, I did catch strange looks when my watch showed 16:15 at 4:15pm and whenever I put my time in the timesheet at work, I have to do it in military time because 0500 will be translated by the system as 5am (whereas 5pm is 1700). learned it the hard way after being asked by a supervisor what I was doing at the library at 5 in the morning ::

I never tried to put military time on any DC timesheets. mental conversion comes automatically. maybe the DCD has mostly 24-hr around him, including his phone/watch, and just writes what he sees.

I'm originally from Italy, and they use military time there. I remember for a while it wasn't easy for me to remember to use am/pm, so I'm guessing if he's in the habit of using military time at work, it could just be a hard habit to break.

maybe he originally is from some other country. For example, in Russia, all people use "military time" but no one calls it as military time.

I don't think he was in the military and he's from Wisconsin ::
I think he does it because he's into computers and is one of those "I'm super smart" types. He's alluded to his higher intelligence before
I do set my computer up so that the time is displayed right in front of the time sheet. So he sees the time, translates it and then writes it down:confused:

I can interpret it, it's just another step that I don't want to do as Meeko said.

Why I don't like it is because when I'm double checking attendance vs food program records or tallying my hours worked vs children in attendance for my taxes (which I try to do throughout the year instead of in April like I did last year:, I'll be on a roll and then I'll see military time peppered throughout and it stalls my otherwise smooth translation from the sheet to whatever I'm doing.

[hwichlaz]

I don't think he was in the military and he's from Wisconsin ::
I think he does it because he's into computers and is one of those "I'm super smart" types. He's alluded to his higher intelligence before
I do set my computer up so that the time is displayed right in front of the time sheet. So he sees the time, translates it and then writes it down:confused:

I can interpret it, it's just another step that I don't want to do as Meeko said.


Why I don't like it is because when I'm double checking attendance vs food program records or tallying my hours worked vs children in attendance for my taxes (which I try to do throughout the year instead of in April like I did last year:, I'll be on a roll and then I'll see military time peppered throughout and it stalls my otherwise smooth translation from the sheet to whatever I'm doing.

Do you use kidkare? I use military time in kidkare because it's easier than remembering to hit a P before I hit enter

[Cat Herder]

Do you use kidkare? I use military time in kidkare because it's easier than remembering to hit a P before I hit enter

Brilliant.

I am so sick of that P I can't even tell you. :::: If they are logging out the assumption should be that it is P, not A, again. Grrr... ::::

[CityGarden]

I like to pick my battles, so I would let this go. Likely right after drop off and pick up I would just write the time in myself.