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Iain
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Iain asked in Science & MathematicsMathematics · 9 years ago

If you are using a 12-hour clock...?

... is there any possible logic to describing midday as 12pm? I mean the sequence seems to go something like ....10am, 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm Would it not be better to adopt the 24 hour clock, which eliminates ambiguity?

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  • Anonymous
    9 years ago
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    24 hour is certainly better but if everyone agrees 12 pm for midday is fine. After all am means ante midday ie before midday. Of course pm means post midday!

  • ?
    Lv 6
    9 years ago

    the military already uses a 24 hr clock to avoid any confusion

    between AM and PM

  • DWRead
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    If you are going to change the way we keep time, why stay with seconds, minutes, and hours? How about dividing the day metrically?

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