> On Aug 28, 2016, at 10:19 PM, Michael Nisi via swift-users
> <swift-users@swift.org> wrote:
>
> The 12-hour clock will always remain a mystery to me
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock>
>
> “Likewise, some U.S. style guides recommend either clarifying "midnight" with
> other context clues, such as specifying the two dates between which it falls,
> or not referring to midnight at all. For an example of the latter method,
> "midnight" is replaced with "11:59 p.m." for the end of a day or "12:01 a.m."
> for the start of a day.
Weird; that seems like a useless complication to add.
There’s really no ambiguity about 12:00 AM/PM. AM and PM toggle the instant the
clock strikes 12. So “12:00 AM” is midnight because the time just flipped from
PM to AM.
—Jens [a US resident who admits 12-hour time is ungainly, but finds 24-hour
time cold and soulless]
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