Re: help me to undertand GMT time!!!!
I wrote:
> 12:00 noon, please. 12:00 pm is midnight...
Pann McCuaig writes:
> I don't think so. 12:00pm is noon
PM stands for post meridiem, which means after noon. Thus 12PM is 12 hours
after noon, or midnight.
> think about 12:01pm
One minute after noon. Not the same thing (though 00:01PM would be
better).
The instant of noon is neither before nor after noon, and therefor cannot
be 12AM or 12PM. The instant of midnight is both 12 hours before and 12 hours
after noon, and therefor is both 12AM and 12PM.
Say "noon" and "midnight", or use 24 hour notation.
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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