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   From: john_nospam@jhall.co.uk   
      
   In message <875y1xe7su.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com>, Keith Thompson   
    writes   
   >The choice of whether 12am is midnight and 12pm is noon or vice versa   
   >is fundamentally arbitrary.  That choice has been made.  There are   
   >probably a number of official standards that address this (I'm too lazy   
   >to look up any of them), and I believe they consistently say that 12am   
   >is midnight and 12pm is noon.   
   >   
   >I offer a rationale for that choice.  All times from 12:00:00 to   
   >12:59:59 are either all AM, or all PM.  The transition from 11:NN:NN to   
   >12:NN:NN happens at the same time as the transition from AM to PM or   
   >vice versa.  That makes more sense to me than having 12:00:00 AM   
   >immediately followed by 12:00:01 PM.   
   >   
   >If you still think it's ambiguous, treat my suggestion as a mnenomic.   
   >The issue is settled, and the convention isn't going to change.   
      
   Thanks. Your mnemonic will work for me, I think.   
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   John Hall   
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