Jo4ted@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoThe 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.message-squaremessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1207arrow-down111file-text
arrow-up1196arrow-down1message-squareThe 24-hour clock might be the only military-grade thing Americans won't buy.Jo4ted@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square49linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarex00z@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·3 hours agoWhat if somebody says to meet at 12:30 AM? I would think that’s an half hour past noon. Yet it often goes 11am -> 12pm -> 12:30pm -> 1pm. Absolute madness.
minus-squaremangobanana@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·37 minutes agoWell since it goes like this 11:59am, noon 12:01pm and 11:59pm, midnight, 12:01am you have your am and pm figuring wrong.
What if somebody says to meet at 12:30 AM? I would think that’s an half hour past noon. Yet it often goes 11am -> 12pm -> 12:30pm -> 1pm. Absolute madness.
Well since it goes like this 11:59am, noon 12:01pm and 11:59pm, midnight, 12:01am you have your am and pm figuring wrong.