On Fri, 03 Jul 2015 09:00:48 +0100, scott wrote:

> 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.

Oh, yes, I understand that numerically it doesn't make sense.  But from a 
meaning standpoint, it makes perfect sense.  AM/PM have to do with 
midnight/noon, nothing to do with the numbers.

Jim



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