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

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

>> >> It seems intuitively obvious to me that between 11:59 Ante-Meridiem and
>> >> 12:01 Post-Meridiem must lie 12:00 Meridiem. (Though 12:00:01 - one
>> >> second later - would be Post-Meridiem again.)

In my interpretation of this part of the world, it's never exactly noon
nor exactly midnight: "12:00" is merely a shorthand to refer to "the
interval between 12:00 and 12:01", hence "12:00 AM" is one minute before
"12:01 AM" and not one minute after "11:59 AM".

But of course it's just a convention and the above is just the reasoning
I use to remember the existing convention.


        Stefan