On Thu, 1 Jan 2004 23:27:38 Carleton MacDonald wrote: ... >To the public, the day does not end at midnight; it ends when they go to >bed. This is where the 24 hour clock is very helpful. Ito?=s pretty clear >when the time goes from 2359 to 0000 that Something Happened. Not so clear >when it goes from 11:59 pm to 12:00 am. >... I'd like to submit that Carleton's point above is precisely the source of all the confusion behind this am/pm discussion. Indeed, if a day has ended, for instance, why continue reckoning it beyond 12??? This is totally illogical to me indeed. What this actually demonstrates is the the end *REALLY* happens at 12:59 since people NOW start all over again at 1:00 (Go figure...)!!! How irrational and silly, I would say, wouldn't one agree?...
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