On 08/14/2014 09:34 AM, trader_4 wrote:

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My view of the whole thing is that with the ante/post thing, 12 noon
and 12 midnight could be either or both. To avoid confusion, obviously
the world has settled on the convention that 12AM is midnight, 12PM is
noon. And it makes sense to me. As the day is progressing, it's
11AM, then noon. What would it make more logical sense to associate 12
noon with? The AM period which has just ended? Or the PM period, which
is just beginning? We're usually looking ahead, not back, so my vote
would be for noon to be 12PM. Seems like 99% of the world agrees.


Also, 12PM is used for a specific time, but is also a WHOLE HOUR. That's
3600 seconds, 3599 of which are AFTER noon (and are obviously PM), so
that's another reason it makes sense to call noon 12 PM.

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