Since Max and the Mudcat server are in the Eastern Time Zone of America, it makes sense that this should be the standard Mudcat time. It's easy enough to get free programs that give you a world clock with all the different time zones. I think most people here (England?) would probably have said you posted that message at 8.45 PM, anyway, Arnie.

So long as it says PM and AM, it's just as clear as a 24 hour clock, and a lot more familiar to most of us I suspect. The only time I myself use 24 hour time is when I'm trying to turn railway timetables back into AM and PM.