• youngalfred@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    First time I’ve seen the distinction 12nn and 12mn for noon and midnight - I like it!

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      11 months ago

      It works, but it’s still a workaround for a thoroughly confusing notation instead of just using 24h time.

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          11 months ago

          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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          11 months ago

          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.