Mar 24, 2017 · And midnight is both before AND after midday. I find it much less ambiguous to use 12 noon or 12 midnight rather than using 12 AM or 12 PM to describe those times.

Aug 26, 2005 · Using "12:00 pm" for noon is only a convention, based on simple clocks, I agree. A distinction had to be made, between noon and midnight, for simple clocks, so they used "am" …

May 24, 2005 · Therefore 12 PM, 12 after midday in other words, is necessarily midnight. So 12 AM is midday, then, right? Wrong, 12 AM, "12 before midday", is a contradiction in terms, as …

Dec 12, 2020 · Even if you say AM or PM, it's ambiguous because most people aren't sure whether 12:00 AM means noon or midnight. I read once that airlines regularly say 11:59 (AM …

Feb 2, 2006 · Nopal, The problem is that, strictly speaking, if it is 12, it is neither before (12) nor after (12) - it is 12. So, 12pm or 12am is absurd by definition. This explains the confusion …

Sep 25, 2009 · I know this is about over 9 years old. But I say, Good Midnight to people between 12 am - 3 am. As Europeans and 1920's - 1970's American agreed it's Good Morning at 4 am …

Jan 5, 2018 · One hour after 11:00 am is 12:00 pm. I find this very strange. Why isn't it 12:00 am? More descriptively, I thought we can think of the am/pm part as a time unit representing a …

Jan 5, 2005 · In the 12-hour clock, midnight is simply 12.00 midnight, and midday is simply 12.00 noon. Of course, in the 24-hour clock any confusion is avoided by using 00.00 and 12.00. I am …

Jul 12, 2022 · Since noon and midnight are neither before or after midday, to be the most accurate you can say "12 noon" or "12 midnight," both of which can be used in a formal …

Mar 4, 2015 · I would only call 12.00 AM midnight. 11.50 PM is not midnight - it is almost midnight, but it isn't yet midnight. 12.10 AM isn't midnight either. Between 12.30 AM and 4.00 AM I …