[Imc-sydney] Re: Imc-sydney Digest, Vol 31, Issue 3

[Andrew McNaughton]

diet simon wrote:
> Please note: this list is archived and searchable via the web.
> The calendar in Upcoming Events.
>
> I disagree with Wikepedia on noon.
>
> We have two 12 hour cycles. The first is generally considered the
> "morning" cyle, or a.m.. Its 12th hour has to be a.m. or it has
> nowhere to belong. The same way as midnight is 12 p.m. Anyway,
> academic exercise here.
Wrong.  The *hour* is well defined as am or pm, with 12am-1am being just
after midnight, and the first rather than the last hour of the morning. 
What's not well defined is the *instant* at midnight, which is when pm
changes to am.

If you think of 12:00 am on a computer or a digital clock not as an
instant, but rather refering to a 1 minute time interval starting from
midday then there's no problem.  If you turn up to your event 1 minute
late as a result, then I don't suppose anyone will mind.

Andrew