• bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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    20 days ago

    As someone who grew up with a 24-hour clock, I can deal with 12 hours. Usually there’s no confusion if your store opens at 7am or 7pm. But 12:30PM being a valid time and meaning ‘00:30 on the next day’ fucks me up every time.

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      20 days ago

      12:30PM means 30 minutes after 12-noon.

      Anyone saying that and meaning the middle of the night is just wrong, and if that’s a genuine thing people do it would drive me quite mad.

      30 minutes after midnight is 12:30AM

      • exu@feditown.com
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        20 days ago

        Perfectly illustrates how it doesn’t make sense.

        I can get behind

        • 11.30pm
        • 12.30pm
        • 1.30am

        Or

        • 11.30pm
        • 0.30am
        • 1.30am

        But

        • 11.30pm
        • 12.30am
        • 1.30am

        just doesn’t make sense.

      • bleistift2@sopuli.xyz
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        20 days ago

        As I said, it always fucks me up. The AM/PM indicator wraps at a different hour than the hours. Aaargh!