From: Rik Guyler (rik@guyler.net)
Date: Sat Mar 29 2008 - 10:17:27 ART
11:59:59 is the last AM timeslot so the next second begins the first PM
timeslot, which is 12:00:00PM (noon). The same logic applies 12 hours
later: 11:59:59 (23:59:59) is the last PM slot so 12:00:00 (00:00:00 or
midnight) is the first AM timeslot so we call it 12:00:00AM.
If you think of the 12 on a clock and consider it the starting time (as far
as AM/PM goes) rather than the ending time I think it makes this more clear.
Rik
-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Navid Daghighi
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 6:34 AM
To: Cisco certification
Subject: OT : midnight
Hi,
When configuring a key chain, I had the following surprise :
...
...11:57 AM = 3 minutes before noon
...11:58 AM = 2 minutes before noon
...11:59 AM = 1 minute before noon
...12:00 AM = midnight
just wondering if any native english speaker could explain the logic behind
this sudden bump in time ?
it would be too bad to loose 2 or 3 points because you thought 12:00 AM was
noon, or 12:00PM was midnight.
thanks
Navid
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