Someone who has recorded last night's 24 pls tell me I am goofy. I thought when they started the show they said it took place between 12 PM and 1 PM. Shouldn't that be 12 PM and 1 AM ? This is gnawing at me, especially when it is my favorite show.
I was recording Heroes and watching 24. Ok, if its daytime, it is 12 noon which is 12AM - 1:00 PM and 12 midnite is 12:00 PM - 1:00 AM. Do I have this backwards? It sounds right to me, but I am a blond, so what do I know, :)
Or if you want to me pedantic, noon is 12:00 M, the "M" in AM and PM being "Meridian" which you are either ante- or post-. Since the meridian is 12:00:00.0 and so on down to the finest you can slice it, the convention is that noon is classified along with 12:00:00.1 and such as PM.
Back in the day, 3+ decades ago, I know of at least one, and I think two computer time formatting implementations that actually output "12:00 M". One of them at least went to PM because non-latin speaking folk tended to think that "M" should be Midnight and "N" noon.
Oh, and one pedant I know defended midnight being 12:00 AM as being 12:00 anti-meridian rather than ante-meridian. Way too cute.
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First off, check out my latest post...it's addressed to you, since you're the only fellow 24 fan in my neighboorhood...:)
And since it's daytime, 12 PM - 1 PM would be right. And you bet I recorded it and watched it over again! :)
Back in the day, 3+ decades ago, I know of at least one, and I think two computer time formatting implementations that actually output "12:00 M". One of them at least went to PM because non-latin speaking folk tended to think that "M" should be Midnight and "N" noon.
Oh, and one pedant I know defended midnight being 12:00 AM as being 12:00 anti-meridian rather than ante-meridian. Way too cute.