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Yes. I wish people would stop using that, as it confuses me, just as it confused you. AM = ante meridiem, before noon. PM = post meridiem, after noon. I
by DonaldFisk 5y ago
Yes. I wish people would stop using that, as it confuses me, just as it confused you. AM = ante meridiem, before noon. PM = post meridiem, after noon. It makes no sense to say midday (meridies in Latin) is before noon or after noon, it's exactly at noon. If you're going to use a 12 hour clock, to avoid confusion, you should write "12 noon" or "12 midnight". That way the confusion is avoided. Alternatively, switch to a 24 hour clock, and if it's international use UTC. And if you can't do that, start your event a minute later: 12:01pm is unambiguously one minute after noon.
- anotherevan 5y agoWe did something similar here in Victoria, Australia in the last two years. When there were rule changes around COVID, lock-downs, etc, they would often go into effect at 11:59pm. We typically use twelve hour with am/pm time representations, but I figure the thinking was it would cause less confusion in those anxious times.