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    Question ID:   521         Current Version: 1
Question: Is 12 Midnight A.M or 12 Midnight P.M?
Category: Other
Keywords: midnight, A.M, P.M, time, AM, PM
Type: any
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There is an expression of time in English, P.M and A.M, so we don't need to say 18 o'clock, 23 o'clock, which is too long to express. But there is a new problem, can we say 12 Midnight A.M or 12 Midnight P.M? Neither.

Twelve midnight A.M. and twelve midnight P.M., or 00:00 A.M. and 00:00 P.M., mean nothing at all. They are simply the midpoints that divide the day into two equal halves. Each and every day begins exactly at midnight, and each A.M. begins precisely thereafter. Similarly, each P.M. begins immediately after noon. No meaning can be assigned to 12:00 A.M. (00:00 A.M.), or to 12:00 P.M. (00:00 P.M.). They are merely reference points meant to simplify timetables for us.

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