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'Midnight' is neither 'am' nor 'pm'.

Because you don;t know whether it is preceding the following 'am' or coming after the trailing 'pm'.

''am' is the Latin intials for 'Ante Meridian' (Before Noon)

'pm' is the Latin initials for 'Post Meridian' (After Noon).

A similar argument holds for Noon.

The times are officially , '12 noon' and '12 midnight'.

The times 11:59 am means 'one minuter to noon'.

Similarly 8:20 pm means 'Twenty minutes past 8 o'clock post meridian' (evening).

NB On the 24 hour clock , there is no such timer as '0000' nor '2400' , because it represents 12 midnight AND the change of date. This is to void confusuonas regards which day is in question.

So times such as 2359 is the latest time on a given day and 0001 is the earliest time on a given day .

YES!! I know people casually talk of '12 am' or '12pm' , but it is incorrect, because you are left wondering is it midnight or noon.

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When is midnight 12 am or 12 pm?

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How long is from am to pm?

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