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

[debian-user@howorth.org.uk]

David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> wrote:
> On Mon 24 Jun 2024 at 17:12:18 (-0500), 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 The Wanderer's "strictly correct" version, M for noon,
> is out there in some pre-2008 documents. We've been here before:
> 
>   https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/09/msg00471.html

And I thought it was just me that got confused between 12am and 12pm :(
 
> Cheers,
> David.