Ante meridiem & post meridiem, literally before & after noon. Thank you
to 4 years of mandatory latin in school! :)
It's quite old at this point!
-Mike
Martin Vlietstra wrote:
I have been to the Netherlands a number of times (including working
there in 1999/2000), and I never saw time displayed digitally in 12
hour format. Did they use “am/pm”? I remember at school I was taught
to use “vm/nm” in Afrikaans (voor middag, na middag), but that was in
the 1950’s and 1960’s.
BTW, how many people know how we got “am” and “pm” (without looking it up)
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*From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On
Behalf Of *Han Maenen
*Sent:* 02 February 2009 20:30
*To:* U.S. Metric Association
*Subject:* [USMA:42839] Re: Hot and dry
My internet provider Wanadoo, since last summer Orange, thought it
necessary to use the AM/PM format in its Dutch post box. When
answering one of their online questionnaires I asked them to drop that
format, but nothing happened for a time. A few days ago Orange started
to use a new mail program which reverted to 24 hour format. Very good,
indeed.
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Martin Vlietstra <mailto:[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, 2009, February 02 7:06
*Subject:* [USMA:42818] Re: Hot and dry
Jerry,
If you visit http://www.journeycheck.com/southwesttrains/ and
browse, you will see that British railway timetables use the 24
hour clock.
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*From:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
[mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeremiah MacGregor
*Sent:* 01 February 2009 23:12
*To:* U.S. Metric Association
*Subject:* [USMA:42799] Re: Hot and dry
Stephen,
What does a military dictatorship have to do with military time?
In the US, we call the 24 h time format as military time. It is
because the only time it is used in the US is by the military, at
least as far as the public is aware of.
Jerry
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*From:* Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]>
*To:* U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Sunday, February 1, 2009 1:20:37 PM
*Subject:* [USMA:42782] Re: Hot and dry
No.
However most 'metric countries' also use the 24h time format.
These countries tend not to be military dictatorships though.
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