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minus-squareyoungalfred@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoFirst time I’ve seen the distinction 12nn and 12mn for noon and midnight - I like it!
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up23arrow-down1·1 year agoIt works, but it’s still a workaround for a thoroughly confusing notation instead of just using 24h time.
minus-squarekibiz0r@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s not the counting to 12 that’s confusing, it’s that 12 should really be called 0 if 12:00 noon counts as PM. It’s really weird that it goes 12:00PM -> 12:59PM… -> 1:00PM… -> 11:59PM… -> 12:00AM It would make more sense to go 0:00PM -> 0:59PM… -> 1:00PM… -> 11:59PM… -> 0:00AM
minus-squarebob_lemon@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoTrue, but that’s not what the 12h clock does. It starts at 12, then jumps to 1 and counts all the way up to 11, then restarts at 12.
minus-squareFareshlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut then it gets confusing when looking at an analog watch, and one needs to think for a moment whether you have to add or subtract 2 or to just keep the hour the same.
First time I’ve seen the distinction 12nn and 12mn for noon and midnight - I like it!
It works, but it’s still a workaround for a thoroughly confusing notation instead of just using 24h time.
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It’s not the counting to 12 that’s confusing, it’s that 12 should really be called 0 if 12:00 noon counts as PM.
It’s really weird that it goes 12:00PM -> 12:59PM… -> 1:00PM… -> 11:59PM… -> 12:00AM
It would make more sense to go 0:00PM -> 0:59PM… -> 1:00PM… -> 11:59PM… -> 0:00AM
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True, but that’s not what the 12h clock does. It starts at 12, then jumps to 1 and counts all the way up to 11, then restarts at 12.
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But then it gets confusing when looking at an analog watch, and one needs to think for a moment whether you have to add or subtract 2 or to just keep the hour the same.