Re: 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)

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Subject: Re: 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)
From: John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 08:12:08 -0500
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Reply-to: jhasler@newsguy.com (John Hasler)
In-reply-to: <[🔎] 5D7B101C.1030302@fastmail.fm> (The Wanderer's message of "Thu, 12 Sep 2019 23:42:20 -0400")
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The Wanderer writes:
>Why do people abbreviate "AM" and "PM" when speaking out loud?

They don't know what AM and PM are abbreviations of.  They think of AM
and PM as words.  But I'm referring to abreviations for "noon" and
"midnight", which take less time to say than "12 PM" and "12 AM", or
even "12 P" and "12 A".
-- 
John Hasler 
jhasler@newsguy.com
Elmwood, WI USA

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References:
- Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster
  - From: Rainer Dorsch <ml@bokomoko.de>
- Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster
  - From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
- Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster
  - From: Curt <curty@free.fr>
- Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster
  - From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
- Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster
  - From: Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>
- 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)
  - From: The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
- Re: 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)
  - From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
- Re: 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)
  - From: The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
- Re: 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)
  - From: David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>
- Re: 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)
  - From: The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>
- Re: 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)
  - From: John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com>
- Re: 24-hour vs. 12-hour time, ambiguity, and abbreviations (was Re: Default date output format changed after an upgrade to buster)
  - From: The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>

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