Someone Explain This To Me? So it’s 11:59 AM when it hits 00:00 am is it AM OR PM THEN ?

[WolfLoverPro]

Same as if it’s 11:59pm when it reaches 12 

 

is it 12 pm or 12 am wtf ? 

[comicsansms]

00:00 (Midnight) is 12:00AM

12:00 (Midday) is 12:00PM

[TheRandomness]

The time flow in your title does not work. If it's 11:59 am, the next minute, it'll be 12:00 pm. When it's 11:59 pm, the next minute is 00:00 am. I mean, alternatively, use 24 hour time and not bother with am/pm.

[Guest]

As an American I still don’t understand why there’s 2 12 hours in a day instead of just 24. 

When I need to know, I just google a chart and find a website like this:

 

Edit:

i deleted the link because as soon as I went back to the tab, it was trying to tell me I had a virus. 

 

Edit edit:

section confusion on noon & midnight has an explanation 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#Confusion_at_noon_and_midnight

[PlayStation 2]

00:00 or 2400/0000 equals 12:00 AM.

12:00 or 1200 is 12:00 PM.

[Drak3]

4 hours ago, fpo said:

As an American I still don’t understand why there’s 2 12 hours in a day instead of just 24. 

When I need to know, I just google a chart and find a website like this:

60 is evenly divisible by 12, 24 is not. Blame analogue clocks.

[MoonSpot]

The real questions are; what happens if you hit 88 mph in a Delorean at the precise moment 11:59:59pm changes to 12:00:00am?  Does the flux capacitor log Marty as leaving in the PM of the previous day, or early am of the next?  Also, would you've been tempted by a young Lea Thompson?

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Drak3 said:

60 is evenly divisible by 12, 24 is not. Blame analogue clocks.

Then let’s make like the french and go metric. 10 hours a day.

[EPENEX]

For me it just says 12:00 or 0:00 on all of my watches, computers, and phones. 24h time really simplifies your life.

[porina]

On 8/11/2018 at 11:13 AM, VegetableStu said:

2200 = 10:00PM

2300 = 11:00PM

2359 = 11:59PM

0000 = 12:00AM

0100 = 01:00AM

 

2200 = 10:00PM

2300 = 11:00PM

2359 = 11:59PM

2400 = 12:00AM

2500 = 01:00AM

 

This is a system modification I've only seen used in Japan. If you're doing things just after midnight, it is easier to think of it as an extension of the day, than as the start of a new one.

[Guest]

Man, I see you post a lot of threads asking strange questions... Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with learning. But dang!

[davrosG5]

AM stands for ante meridian (before mid-day)

PM stands for post meridian (after mid-day)

[WolfLoverPro]

7 hours ago, davrosG5 said:

AM stands for ante meridian (before mid-day)

PM stands for post meridian (after mid-day)

What about in the middle ....

[WolfLoverPro]

17 hours ago, Netivity said:

Man, I see you post a lot of threads asking strange questions... Don't get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with learning. But dang!

Well at least if I’m the weirdest person who asks questions you can look at my posts and uhhhhhh

 

idk

 

at least I keep the forums 

 

1. someone to hate on 

 

2. To learn something strange 

 

3. 

[tikker]

On 11/08/2018 at 8:53 PM, Drak3 said:

60 is evenly divisible by 12, 24 is not. Blame analogue clocks.

Uuh, what?  

As in we have 12 hours of 12x 5 minutes each?

 

OT: 12:00 cannot be indicated with either AM or PM, since it is midday itself. Whether you define 00:00 to be AM or PM depends on whether you consider midnight to be the end of one day or the start of the other.

[Sylvie]

On 8/11/2018 at 9:41 AM, WolfLoverPro said:

Same as if it’s 11:59pm when it reaches 12 

 

is it 12 pm or 12 am wtf ? 

okay, so 00:00 is AM because it stands for ante meridiem, which means "before midday".

12:00 and all hours after midday are PM or "post meridiem"

latin is the basis of this terminology

[Guest]

3 hours ago, WolfLoverPro said:

Well at least if I’m the weirdest person who asks questions you can look at my posts and uhhhhhh

 

idk

 

at least I keep the forums 

 

1. someone to hate on 

 

2. To learn something strange 

 

3. 

Righto mate hahaha

[Drak3]

3 hours ago, tikker said:

As in we have 12 hours of 12x 5 minutes each?

60 minutes to an hour.

One hour is one full rotation on a clock, for the minute hand.

Every fifth minute mark doubles as an hour mark, making for 12 hours per rotation on the clock, for the hour hand.

[tikker]

1 minute ago, Drak3 said:

60 minutes to an hour.

One hour is one full rotation on a clock, for the minute hand.

Every fifth minute mark doubles as an hour mark, making for 12 hours per rotation on the clock, for the hour hand.

Yeah that's what I meant, only worded better. It was just the wording, as if 24 wasn't divisble by 12   

Never really thought of it that way.

[Sylvie]

11 hours ago, tikker said:

Uuh, what?  

As in we have 12 hours of 12x 5 minutes each?

 

OT: 12:00 cannot be indicated with either AM or PM, since it is midday itself. Whether you define 00:00 to be AM or PM depends on whether you consider midnight to be the end of one day or the start of the other.

it's generally indicated by AM or PM, actually.

PM would be "after midday" so it's generally noon that is marked as pm.

[Tcrumpen]

On 8/11/2018 at 9:53 AM, Comic_Sans_MS said:

00:00 (Midnight) is 12:00AM

12:00 (Midday) is 12:00PM

This

[Virus__]

On 12/08/2018 at 10:08 PM, porina said:

 

2200 = 10:00PM

2300 = 11:00PM

2359 = 11:59PM

2400 = 12:00AM

2500 = 01:00AM

 

This is a system modification I've only seen used in Japan. If you're doing things just after midnight, it is easier to think of it as an extension of the day, than as the start of a new one.

If we work past midnight our payroll has to enter 1am as 2500 etc. Something about the shitty software not being smart to recognise we aren't starting a new shift..

[asus killer]

AM and PM seems another crazy thing, like measuring thing in feet. In my country we use 00:00 until 23:59. No confusion and you just write the time there's no need to identify it with letters.

[Anghammarad]

AM = after midnight?

PM = pefore midnight? 

 

just kiddin =) 

 

 

[Virus__]

12 hours ago, VegetableStu said:

huh. surprise TIL o_o but still kinda makes administrative sense

Yeah. Also I think our office/payroll staff are a bit simple.

 

Saying that I find using 24hr time just that bit more simple. Especially when doing shift work like I do and having my roster on a calendar on the fridge.