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[-] Rootiest@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

PM is evening, AM is morning.

I prefer 24hr time but 12hr is not confusing

Exactly and it's such a minor thing to bitch about, I understand the date system frustration but over using AM/PM vs 24?

[-] Akareth@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Where I'm from, 12:00 a.m. (00:00) is the middle of the night (we call it midnight here), and morning begins when the sun rises (and we say "good morning" during our mornings).

[-] Rootiest@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

So if you worked at a hotel or airport or a coffee shop or something and you saw someone shortly before sunrise you would say "Good night" not "Good morning"?

[-] YoorWeb@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Not all languages work the same way as English does. You shouldn't think in English terms in this case. His language may use hello as a rule in these situations or have a completely different word without equivalent in English.

[-] Deme@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The notations can be confusing, especially around noon and midnight. Is midnight am or pm when it's equally distant to both the previous and the next noon? Why does 12am not follow 11am???

Where I live we use 12hr time in casual spoken language but pretty much always specify the time of day as well, like eight in the evening or twelve at midnight. But for anything written or even remotely formal, 24h time is used for obvious reasons.

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