Jeff Kay, you are such a youngster!  Back in my day, out in seattle is just a 3 digit number to get the time.  Fast forward 40 years, and here in Alaska people still call my work number at all hours of the day asking, Can you tell me the correct time?  Seems that 20 to 30 years ago, the phone book misprinted the number for the correct time, and used the number of my workplace instead.  Weird thing is, when we tell people the time, we HAVE to append the AM or PM.  3 oclock in the afternoon in Nome in the Winter is just as dark as 3 oclock in the morning.