12am or 12pm?

Lethagized · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:27

Jesus, what sort of company doesn't even know the time of day?

Cosimo · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:31

RobRX-7 said:
Jesus, what sort of company doesn't even know the time of day?

A bad company.

gjrc · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:32

Dunks said:
Erm, 12pm is midday, there's no other way about it.

12pm = midday
12am = midnight

Jeesh!

mdb08 · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:36

Pestilence said:
There are no ifs and buts about it.

12pm is midday.
12am is midnight.

Which exactly did you argue, OP?

This, there is no other way really whilst being correct

The Dread Pirate · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:38

Sundance said:
This, and

13:37 = Best time of the day.

I prefer 04:20

whitecrook · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:43

Theres no such time as 12 pm or 12 am i t makes as muh sense as 5:36 o'clock

The term is 12 noon (or midday) or 12 midnight. Given that am and pm mean anti And post meridian ie before and after midday, neither is correct for modday itself

B@Th*nG · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:46

whitecrook said:
Theres no such time as 12 pm or 12 am i t makes as muh sense as 5:36 o'clock

The term is 12 noon (or midday) or 12 midnight. Given that am and pm mean anti And post meridian ie before and after midday, neither is correct for modday itself

you're aware that's not what they're saying. They just don't know when that switch between AM and PM occurs

B@

sigma · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:46

I feel for your customers.

G-MAN2004 · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:47

12pm midday, 12am midnight.

One thing I don't understand is why.

Castiel · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:48

G-MAN2004 said:
12pm midday, 12am midnight.

One thing I don't understand is why.

Cowboys.

B@Th*nG · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:52

G-MAN2004 said:
12pm midday, 12am midnight.

One thing I don't understand is why.

you don't understand why is PM midday and AM midnight?

B@

antijoke · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:54

RobRX-7 said:
Jesus, what sort of company doesn't even know the time of day?

sigma said:
I feel for your customers.

I suspect the majority of the office who agreed with me, were being trolled by two people who vehemently believed the opposite.

fidget · 25 Jul 2011 at 15:58

anticonscience said:
I suspect the majority of the office who agreed with me, were being trolled by two people who vehemently believed the opposite.

Might I suggest that the two trolls have their contract of employment rewritten to clarify they can only take their daily "lunchbreak" at 12am then

SexyGreyFox · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:25

but when exactly is midnight?
Midnight is short for middle of the night so why did everybody decide it was 12 am?

The Dread Pirate · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:30

dmpoole said:
but when exactly is midnight?
Midnight is short for middle of the night so why did everybody decide it was 12 am?

Nobody did the Laws of Physics decided that it would take A certain period of time to move round the sun until some fool decided that to split it up into 24 sections and call them hours

IceBus · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:38

12:01pm
00:01am

There is no 12am or 12pm, just midnight and midday. PM = post-meridiem, AM = ante-meridiem ergo 12:00 and 0:00 are neither post nor ante

Deadbeat · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:48

IceBus said:
12:01pm
00:01am

There is no 12am or 12pm, just midnight and midday. PM = post-meridiem, AM = ante-meridiem ergo 12:00 and 0:00 are neither post nor ante

That's... that's wrong. You're wrong. 00:00 is 12AM. 12:00 is 12PM. That's just how it is. It's not a topic for debate.

whitecrook · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:57

Insery oblig xkcd SOMEONE IS WRONG ON TINTERNET

whitecrook · 25 Jul 2011 at 16:58

B@Th*nG said:
you're aware that's not what they're saying. They just don't know when that switch between AM and PM occurs

B@

It occurs at 12 noon

Dave**** · 25 Jul 2011 at 17:08

I'd argue that it's 000, not 0000, for midnight on the 24 hour clock