On 02/07/2015 18:48, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Thu, 02 Jul 2015 10:51:15 +0200, Le_Forgeron wrote:
>
>> If at least 11AM was followed by 12AM. At least the military fixed it.
>
> Arguably, it does make sense.
>
> The abbreviations "AM" and "PM" mean "Ante Meridiem" and "Post Meridiem"
> - ie, before the middle and after the middle.
>
> So it makes sense (in that regard) that 12 PM precedes 1 PM, since 12:00
> is the dividing point - and usually I hear "12 Noon" (or just "Noon)
> rather than 12 PM - but 12:01 PM is the first minute after the middle of
> the day.

The reason it doesn't make sense is because the switch from AM<->PM 
occurs an hour earlier than the "wrap around" of the numbers (12 back to 1).

If it went .. 10AM, 11AM, 0PM, 1PM, 2PM ... 10PM, 11PM, 0AM, 1AM ... 
that would make more sense.

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