On 2024-06-24 at 18:12, John Hasler wrote: > The Wanderer writes: > >> (Similar logic could be used for 11:59:59 PM, 12:00 M, and 12:00:01 AM, >> where the standalone M would stand for "midnight". That does expose one >> unfortunate weakness of this system: unless you introduce an additional >> layer of complexity, e.g. using "00:00 M", the notations for noon and >> midnight would be identical.) > > 12 Noon and 12 Midnight works.
Except that "noon" doesn't begin with "m", and therefore "12:00 noon" can't be abbreviated to "12:00 M". I think that (plus the fact of "ante meridiem"/"post meridiem") was probably what I was drawing on in coming up with the idea in the first place. -- The Wanderer The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw
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