I meant to add that the 24-hour clock can eliminate the abiguity.
00:00 is the midnight that starts the day, 24:00 the one that ends it.
> Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:43:49 -0500
> From: jayare...@hotmail.com
> Subject: Re: Re : Extracting STDOUT data from USS
> To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
>
> > 12:00 PM is Noon.
> > 12:00 AM is Midnight.
>
>
> I don't like it. There's way too much wrong with it.
>
>
> In any case, midnight is ambiguous. Each day has two,
> one at day's start, the other at day's end.
>
>
>
> > Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:28:20 +0000
> > From: eamacn...@yahoo.ca
> > Subject: Re: Re : Extracting STDOUT data from USS
> > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
> >
> > >> At least this is working communication - unlike trying to guess what
> > >> is meant by 12:00 PM.
> >
> > 12:00 PM is Noon.
> > 12:00 AM is Midnight.
> >
> > >Days have 24 hours; why not clocks?
> >
> > Clocks were designed before computers.
> > It's called tradition, and it's a cultural artifact.
> >
> > Most of Europe uses the 24-hour clock, all day long.
> >
> > PS: my BlackBerry is set at 24-hour.
> >
> > -
> > Too busy driving to stop for gas!
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