12 Am/12 Pm
Cereal_KillR
Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">which is which?</div> As you all know, 12 AM and 12 PM have - by standards - been unused. The reason is the fact that "am" means "before noon" and "pm" is "after noon"
Yet, people from time to time still use these. And which is which?
For example, 12 AM on sunday: midnight from saturday to sunday or noon?
12 AM is 12 hours before noon (midnight)
or 12 AM is noon (12 o'clock, "morning")
12 PM is 12 hours after noon (next midnight)
Now when something says "12 AM" or "12 PM" when does it take place? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
God I love 24 hour clocks <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
(also; is midnight from saturday to sunday considered midnight of saturday or midnight of sunday?
Yet, people from time to time still use these. And which is which?
For example, 12 AM on sunday: midnight from saturday to sunday or noon?
12 AM is 12 hours before noon (midnight)
or 12 AM is noon (12 o'clock, "morning")
12 PM is 12 hours after noon (next midnight)
Now when something says "12 AM" or "12 PM" when does it take place? <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
God I love 24 hour clocks <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
(also; is midnight from saturday to sunday considered midnight of saturday or midnight of sunday?
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12 AM- Midnight
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For me it's the opposite.
12 PM - midnight
12 AM - noon
[edit]In a post below, Zig refers to a Gary Cooper movie called "High Noon." Apparently I have it backwards, "high noon" actually means middle-of-the-daylight-daytime noon after all.
12 Midnight
Problem Solved.
12 Midnight
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Damn. Beat me to it. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Mantrid and Liku are correct.
(It's not a matter of preference. This is the correct answer.)
and gary cooper himself shall strike you down!
but coil..
isn't 12 noon 12pm?
and 12 midnight 12am?
because it goes 12-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11, doesn't it?
but coil..
isn't 12 noon 12pm?
and 12 midnight 12am?
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that's what he said.
So here's how it is - 12:00am is midnight. When converted to a 24-hour clock, "12:00am" is "00:00", which is clearly the start of a new day.
Liku proved that midnight is 12:00am - look at your clock as it changes to 12:00 midnight. The pm will change to "am" as soon as it hits 12:00.
Still not convinced? <a href='http://www.googlism.com/when_is/1/12:00_am/' target='_blank'>Googlism to the rescue!</a>
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->12:00 am is early morning
12:00 am is midnight and 12
12:00 am is considered to be midnight
12:00 am is the same as start of day
12:00 am is the astronomical middle of the night<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
But then, from the same list....
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->12:00 am is ambiguous and confusing
12:00 am is blinking
12:00 am is the time
12:00 am is really our 6<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
You and all of Europe. <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Yeah, I have to agree with you. America can be pretty f**ked up at times. I really enjoyed living in Holland a lot more.
I use 24 hours as well... its surprising how many dont understand it.
"Hey, ill be there at 1530"
Logic would have 12 am after 11 am and 12 pm after 12 pm.
Unfortunately, standards have it that neither is correct: check any sort of schedule (airport especially, as they can't allow ambiguity)
Liku: my clock is set to 24 hour cycles: problem solved yet again <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->
12 Midnight
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I say again.
But yeh 12 Noon since 24 hour clock and since 1100 comes before 1200noon and 2300 comes before 2400.
To avoid ambiguity though, the 12:00 times are called by thier names "Noon" or "Midday" and "Midnight"
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For me it's the opposite.
12 PM - midnight
12 AM - noon <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
LOL! I hear ya there Mantrid. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Also midnight is midnight even if you lie on the international date line, even though the midnight you would be in would be the midnight of tomorrow, not today.
Clarify things?
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