Re: System time/timezone, was Re: Maximum size .bash_aliases file

[The Wanderer <wanderer@fastmail.fm>]

On 2024-06-24 at 18:12, John Hasler wrote:

> The Wanderer writes:
>
>> (Similar logic could be used for 11:59:59 PM, 12:00 M, and 12:00:01 AM,
>> where the standalone M would stand for "midnight". That does expose one
>> unfortunate weakness of this system: unless you introduce an additional
>> layer of complexity, e.g. using "00:00 M", the notations for noon and
>> midnight would be identical.)
> 
> 12 Noon and 12 Midnight works.

Except that "noon" doesn't begin with "m", and therefore "12:00 noon"
can't be abbreviated to "12:00 M".

I think that (plus the fact of "ante meridiem"/"post meridiem") was
probably what I was drawing on in coming up with the idea in the first
place.

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   The Wanderer

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