ANSWERS: 13
  • 12pm is noon.
  • I think 12 pm is midnight I think 12 am is midday
  • I've always heard, "there is no such thing as a stupid question." 12am is midnight, 12pm is noon. Something I've always had to keep straight in my line of work booking travel!
  • it's midnight. if you ever get confused, just think about twelve AM and since its dark out you know that it's midnight
  • 12 AM is midnight. 12 PM is noon. in military speak, 0 hundred hours is the start of the day, midnight, and 12 hundred hours is the start of the night, noon.
  • I applaud you for being brave enough to ask. We all have brain farts about certain things now and then.
  • you are not stupid.. but you are confused... 12am - is midnight 12 noon - is afternoon does that make sense?
  • 12am..midnight, the witching hour. :)
  • It is not stupid. It's very confusing. That's one of the reasons the military uses 0000HRS to denote midnight and 1200HRS to denote noon.
  • it is generally accepted that... 11:59am immediately precedes 12:00pm, which is noon 11:59pm immediately precedes 12:00am, which is midnight the following more detailed summary was culled from here... http://tf.nist.gov/general/misc.htm This is a tricky question. The answer is that the terms 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. are wrong and should not be used. To illustrate this, consider that "a.m" and "p.m." are abbreviations for "ante meridiem" and "post meridiem." They mean "before noon" and "after noon," respectively. Noon is neither before or after noon; it is simply noon. Therefore, neither the "a.m." nor "p.m." designation is correct. On the other hand, midnight is both 12 hours before noon and 12 hours after noon. Therefore, either 12 a.m. or 12 p.m. could work as a designation for midnight, but both would be ambiguous as to the date intended. When a specific date is important, and when we can use a 24-hour clock, we prefer to designate that moment not as 1200 midnight, but rather as 0000 if we are referring to the beginning of a given day (or date), or 2400 if we are designating the end of a given day (or date). To be certain of avoiding ambiguity (while still using a 12-hour clock), specify an event as beginning at 1201 a.m. or ending at 1159 p.m., for example; this method is used by the railroads and airlines for schedules, and is often found on legal papers such as contracts and insurance policies. If one is referring not to a specific date, but rather to several days, or days in general, use the terms noon and midnight instead of 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. For example, a bank might be open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to noon. Or a grocery store might be open daily until midnight. The terms "12 noon" and "12 midnight" are also correct, though redundant.
  • There are no stupid questions. We all have to learn sometimes. 12 noon is 12 pm and 12 midnight is 12 am.
  • Here's what I think DBD..12 straight up lives in the Twilight Zone..12:01 (1 minute after 12 noon) is p.m. 12:01 ( 1 minute after midnight)is a.m. The magic 12 straight up lives in both worlds at the same time. Now, of course, I don't really "know". It's just how I've always perceived it! Happy Wednesday! :) ((hugs)) Also, you're not stupid my friend!
  • an easy way to remember is to think that 12 PM is Past Mid day.. so anything PM is in the afternoon/evening. Therefore AM would be everything from midnight onwards...

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