12 am is midnight or morning?
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language states "By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight and 12 PM denotes noon. Because of the potential for confusion, it is advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight."
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The first 12-hour period is designated as am. It runs from midnight to noon. The second period, marked pm, covers the 12 hours from noon to midnight. The abbreviations am and pm derive from Latin: AM = Ante meridiem: Before noon.
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There is no such time as 12 am, because 'am' stands for the Latin 'ante meridiem', which means 'before mid-day'. Twelve hours 'before mid-day' can only mean midnight. ... A new day starts at 00:00, or as we commonly call it, 'midnight'.
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It is often said that 12am Monday is midnight on Monday morning and 12pm is midday. ... It can also be argued that by the time you have seen a clock showing 12:00 at midday it is already post meridiem, and similarly at midnight it is already ante meridiem.
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Noon (or midday) is 12 o'clock in the daytime, as opposed to midnight. It is written as 12 noon, 12 p.m. (for post meridiem) or 12 pm. Solar noon is the time when the Sun appears to contact the local celestial meridian.
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['Lowercase a.m. and p.m. and always use periods.', 'Lowercase noon and midnight.', 'Do not use 12 noon or 12 midnight (redundant). Use noon or midnight.', 'Do not use 12 p.m. or 12 a.m. Use noon or midnight.', 'Do not use 8 a.m. in the morning (redundant) Use 8 a.m.', "Do not use o'clock with a.m. or p.m."]
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There are no standards established for the meaning of 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. It is often said that 12 a.m. Monday is midnight on Monday morning and 12 p.m. is mid-day.
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12 A.M. is often referred to as both 0000 and 2400 hours. However, Clocks that display Military Time always display it as 0000.
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There are 24 hours in a day. The day is divided in half - 12 hours for AM and 12 hours for PM, hence we have 12 midnight and 12 noon. ... There are 24 hours in a day.
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So 11:00 am is 1 hour before noon, and 3:00 pm is 3 hours after noon, making 4 hours in all between them. It is much better and leads to less confusion to use a 24 hour clock, where 11:00 am is 11:00 and 3:00 pm is 15:00, making the difference of 4 hours much more obvious.
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12 a.m. here refers to the start of the day (or before midday- ante meridiem), but at 12 p.m. (after midday- post meridiem) it would be the end. ... 12 am and pm is when they switch. When 12am hits, it is morning time.
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As we normally count hours numerically adding 1 to the previous hour and as in a normal sequence 12 comes after 11 if it is then 11pm midnight must be 12pm and at the same time 00.00am so 1 minute past midnight is 00.01am the same applies to noon 11am being followed by 12am and at the same time being 00.00pm.
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To avoid confusion, it is always better to use the 24-hour clock, so that 12:00 is 12 noon. Therefore 24:00 Sunday or 00:00 Monday are both midnight meaning Sunday to Monday.
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It depends how you classify a day, if it runs from 00:00:01 until 24:00:00 then 12am is noon and 12pm is midnight.
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1 pm is of course expressed as 1 o'clock in the afternoon. Actually, its a bit confusing because even in English, both (morning and night) could be correct depending on the context.
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To avoid confusion, the correct way to express 12 o'clock is 12 noon or 12 midnight. Alternatively, the 24-hour clock system may be used - 12:00 and 24:00 (or 00:00) respectively.
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12.30 pm simply after noon. 12.30 am is simply after middle of the night. This makes experience, due to the fact the first could be very early 'afternoon' while the second may be very early morning. While we do tend to consult midday as 12pm and middle of the night as 12am, strictly talking this is illogical.