Both the weather radio and Yahoo weather tell me that the approaching snow storm warning will last until 12 PM tomorrow . Is that noon tomorrow or is it midnight between today and tomorrow ? What is wrong with using the apparently old fashion "noon" and "midnight" ? My children tell me that digital watches use 12 AM and 12 PM. (bad design!) I don't have a digital watch.
2007-12-03 00:58:30 · 17 answers · asked by Dorcas 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
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2007-12-03 01:01:59 · answer #1 · answered by the_wizards_dragon_13 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
12 pm is noon 12 am is midnight
2007-12-03 01:02:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They can be set to do either the 12 hour mode, that uses 12 am and 12 pm. If the weather station says it will arrive at 12 pm, they mean the next 12pm that comes up. Zulu time is a whole different story.
2007-12-03 02:58:34 · answer #3 · answered by Robert D 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
12 PM is noon. They dont use midnight and noon because they are not scientific terms such as 12 AM or 12 PM and it would not be professional for weather forecasters to use slang.
2007-12-03 01:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by Diane M 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
PM means after noon (PM - post meridiem - after mid day, after the middle of the day). Therefore 12 PM means 12 in the afternoon.
2007-12-03 01:03:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't use the AM PM time format any more, it is too confusing. After living overseas for three years, I got used to Military time, so when I want to say a time that won't necessarily be understood in the AM/PM format, I use military time, 1200 for noon, and 2400 for midnight.
2007-12-03 01:02:30 · answer #6 · answered by ALFimzadi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Very simple.
12 pm is noon, or 1200 hours.
12 am is midnight or 2400 hours
2007-12-03 02:14:05 · answer #7 · answered by shufly 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
12 PM is noon and 12 AM is midnight. That is the coorect terminology.
2007-12-03 01:02:25 · answer #8 · answered by Sex Godess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12PM = Noon
12AM = midnight
*To avoid mistake it's better to use a digital watch or commonly called the "military time" that is 24hrs. Thus, 12PM=noon and 24AM or(12AM)=00:00AM (midnight). We use this kind of military time in the company as we have night shift also and the payment will be different already compared to daytime.
2007-12-03 01:10:21 · answer #9 · answered by ~o0o~ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
12 pm is considered noon.
2007-12-03 01:01:58 · answer #10 · answered by diogenese_97 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
12 pm is noon. 12am is midnight.
2007-12-03 01:02:25 · answer #11 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋