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Re: help me to undertand GMT time!!!!



John Hasler <john@dhh.gt.org> writes:

> 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.

No.  By your logic, 12:01 PM is 12 hours and one minute after noon.

12:00 PM is noon, because the time switches from AM to PM at noon.
Simple, eh?

> 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.

Yes.


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