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| Thread ID: 148164 | 2019-08-22 11:09:00 | 12pm is when?? | Zippity (58) | PC World Chat |
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| 1463247 | 2019-08-26 23:48:00 | The correct word is "meridiem" not meridian. Ante meridiem and post meridiem, AM and PM. It has nowt to do with meridian. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1463248 | 2019-08-27 00:48:00 | I was not having a merry diem that day. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1463249 | 2019-08-27 00:49:00 | The rest of the world did apparently. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1463250 | 2019-08-27 01:46:00 | The main weakness of the 12-hour system is a widespread confusion about which abbreviation should be used for noon and midnight: neither moment can logically be identified as before noon (am) or after noon (pm). For example, the moment of midnight occurs precisely 12 hours after noon on the previous day and 12 hours before noon on the following day. However, most digital clocks and most sources, including timeanddate.com, designate midnight as 12 am and noon as 12 pm. Although the precise moment of noon falls in neither category, the hour succeeding it, from 12:00:01 to 12:59:59, is clearly after noon. So other than being technically picky, who cares. Generally we are taught 12am is midnight, if some are confused, well that's their problem. Like people being confused about the year 2000 vs 2001 etc. |
piroska (17583) | ||
| 1463251 | 2019-08-27 02:27:00 | Using the 24 hour clock I was always taught that 1200 is midday and 2400 midnight 12-01 was pm and 0001 was am. Cheers. | Arnie (6624) | ||
| 1463252 | 2019-08-27 04:09:00 | The main weakness of the 12-hour system is a widespread confusion about which abbreviation should be used for noon and midnight: neither moment can logically be identified as before noon (am) or after noon (pm). For example, the moment of midnight occurs precisely 12 hours after noon on the previous day and 12 hours before noon on the following day. However, most digital clocks and most sources, including timeanddate.com, designate midnight as 12 am and noon as 12 pm. Although the precise moment of noon falls in neither category, the hour succeeding it, from 12:00:01 to 12:59:59, is clearly after noon. timeanddate.com (you forgot the kudos) :) |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1463253 | 2019-08-27 10:25:00 | All of the above comments make me glad that where possible the 24 hour clock is used (I always reset y phone and computer and (where possible) clocks /watches to reflect this . 00 is midnight 12:00 is noon 14:00 is 2pm etc / I am pleased that on bus timetables Auckland Transport uses 24 hour time clock methodology. |
Neil F (14248) | ||
| 1463254 | 2019-08-27 11:02:00 | All of the above comments make me glad that where possible the 24 hour clock is used (I always reset y phone and computer and (where possible) clocks /watches to reflect this . 00 is midnight 12:00 is noon 14:00 is 2pm etc / I am pleased that on bus timetables Auckland Transport uses 24 hour time clock methodology. I'm the opposite I don't like the 24hr format give me am, pm anyday |
gary67 (56) | ||
| 1463255 | 2019-08-27 14:52:00 | Ever had a afternoon nap in daylight, then wake up and it's dark, thinking it's early morning because overslept or thought you had - because it's dark. But yet it's only 6.30 pm, not 6.30 am or morning. Many digital watches hardly display the am/pm large enough, even when lit up. But I find 24 hour format instantly shows the numbers large enough, to indicate if evening or morning. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1463256 | 2019-08-27 23:47:00 | The main weakness of the 12-hour system is a widespread confusion about which abbreviation should be used for noon and midnight: neither moment can logically be identified as before noon (am) or after noon (pm). For example, the moment of midnight occurs precisely 12 hours after noon on the previous day and 12 hours before noon on the following day. However, most digital clocks and most sources, including timeanddate.com, designate midnight as 12 am and noon as 12 pm. Although the precise moment of noon falls in neither category, the hour succeeding it, from 12:00:01 to 12:59:59, is clearly after noon. So other than being technically picky, who cares. Generally we are taught 12am is midnight, if some are confused, well that's their problem. Like people being confused about the year 2000 vs 2001 etc. timeanddate.com (you forgot the kudos) :) Yes - she is good at copy pasting things and "appearing" to have written them herself! |
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