Ireland too is tied to the knots to am/pm, although transport timetables are in the 24 hour format. Han ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Davis" [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2001 7:51 PM Subject: [USMA:14640] Re: Metric Marketing I come into this a bit late in the day, but where do you get the idea that 12pm is noon in America and midnight in the rest of the world? Over here in Britain, am and pm is still widely used. 12pm designates midday and 12am designates midnight. The 24-hour clock, as I understand it, goes from 00.00, 00.01, etc, until midday, then it is 12.00, 13.00, through to 23.00 and back to 00.00. I am just intrigued by the belief that it is only the Americans that use am/pm when they are still in widespread use over here, or is there something in your argument I have overlooked? Regards, Steve. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
