John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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.
