12 pm is noon or midnight?
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language states "By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight and 12 PM denotes noon. Because of the potential for confusion, it is advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight."
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Afternoon is the time of day from noon or lunchtime until evening or roughly 4-5pm. In literal terms, it refers to a time specifically after noon.
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It is often said that 12am Monday is midnight on Monday morning and 12pm is midday. ... It can also be argued that by the time you have seen a clock showing 12:00 at midday it is already post meridiem, and similarly at midnight it is already ante meridiem.
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12:30 a.m. is in the first period which begins at midnight (technically 12:00 a.m.) and the 12:30 p.m. is just after noon (which technically is 12 p.m.). To avoid confusion, many people do not use 12 a.m or 12 p.m. and prefer to use midnight and noon.
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Technically, it is correct only to call it 12:00 noon. Summarizing what others have written, the half-way point of the day, known as the meridian, is 12 o'clock noon. Since it is the meridian, it is not technically correct to call it either AM (before the meridian) or PM (after the meridian).
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Midday and midnight conventions There are no standards established for the meaning of 12am and 12pm. ... It can also be argued that by the time you have seen a clock showing 12:00 at midday it is already post meridiem, and similarly at midnight it is already ante meridiem.
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AS IS clear from consideration of the literal meanings of am and pm, noon is 12m, while 12am and 12pm have equal claims on midnight.
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To avoid confusion, the correct way to express 12 o'clock is 12 noon or 12 midnight. Alternatively, the 24-hour clock system may be used - 12:00 and 24:00 (or 00:00) respectively.
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Midday and midnight conventions There are no standards established for the meaning of 12am and 12pm. It is often said that 12am Monday is midnight on Monday morning and 12pm is midday. This puts all the times beginning with 12 and ending with am in the same one-hour block, similarly with those ending with pm.
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Converting from 24 hour to 12 hour clock 0:30 = 12:30 AM. 0:55 = 12:55 AM.
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There are no standards established for the meaning of 12am and 12pm. It is often said that 12am Monday is midnight on Monday morning and 12pm is midday. This puts all the times beginning with 12 and ending with am in the same one-hour block, similarly with those ending with pm.
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Midday and midnight conventions There are no standards established for the meaning of 12am and 12pm. It is often said that 12am Monday is midnight on Monday morning and 12pm is midday.
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While midnight or 12 AM is rendered as 2400 on the military time chart, 12:01 AM is actually 0001 in military time.
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If its 12 past midnight,then you can wish anyone Good Morning,say 1 0' clock or later. Don't care if there is still darkness out there! If its 12 past noon,then it is but obvious that you cannot greet anyone Good Morning and hence have to replace with an Afternoon instead.
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Technically, it is correct only to call it 12:00 noon. Summarizing what others have written, the half-way point of the day, known as the meridian, is 12 o'clock noon.
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Using numbers from 1 to 12, followed by am or pm, the 12-hour clock system identifies all 24 hours of the day. For example, 5 am is early in the morning, and 5 pm is late in the afternoon; 1 am is one hour after midnight, while 11 pm is one hour before midnight.
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There are two ways of telling the time: The 12-hour clock runs from 1am to 12 noon and then from 1pm to 12 midnight. The 24-hour clock uses the numbers 00:00 to 23:59 (midnight is 00:00). 12-hour clock.