On 2019-09-12, rhkra...@gmail.com <rhkra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > But, ok, I'll try to burn that into my memory -- at night (when it is dark) > 12:00 (midnight) is the beginning of morning (12:00 am). During the day, > when > it is light 12:00 (noon) is the beginning of night (12:00 pm). > >> If 11:59 PM is two minutes before 12:01 AM, then 12:00 is AM. >> >> The problem stems from 12 actually indicating what anybody sensible >> would consider 0. >>
There is a special-case moment straddling the previous as well as the next day simultaneously. In 24-hour clockland, if you wish that instant in time to belong to the day that is ending, you write 24:00 (to denote midnight at the end of the calender day); on the other hand, if you desire the instant to belong to the following day, you write 00:00 (a much more common notation, but I suppose the former has its uses also). -- Thug: This is a stickup! Now come on. Your money or your life. [long pause] Thug: [repeating] Look, bud, I said, 'Your money or your life.' Jack Benny: I'm thinking, I'm thinking!
