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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">So twice a year, there is an exercise of checking clocks. <br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It is not uncommon for some clocks are off by a few minutes or even more. Sometimes the clock needs a new battery. Clocks connected to AC power might be off because of anomalies from PG&E.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Also a good time to check other battery operated devices like smoke detectors.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div>>By the same logic, '12 AM' literally denotes twelve hours before noon, i.e., midnight.</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">By that logic, would '1 AM' mean one hour before noon, what non Latin speakers would call 11 AM?<br></div></div><div><br></div><div>I recall a court case that made the news a few years ago. The city fathers decided to ban parking except in the morning. A sign was posted, "No Parking 10 AM to 12 PM". Someone parked in the afternoon and got a ticket. He took it to court. The judge agreed that 12PM meant Noon not midnight. </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, March 8, 2020, 4:02:00 PM PDT, Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> wrote:
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<div>Quoting Michael Paoli (<a shape="rect" href="mailto:Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michael.Paoli@cal.berkeley.edu</a>):<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">This morning, I had to manually adjust the clock on the oven, the one on<br clear="none">the microwave oven, the gold wall clock near the dining room, Cheryl's<br clear="none">clock/radio in her bedroom, and the one in her car. I'd already done my<br clear="none">digital watch, last night.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">No automagical updating anywhere in those things.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">The expressions 'AM' and "PM', ante meridiem and post meridiem,<br clear="none">translate directly from the Latin to 'before noon' and 'after noon'. <br clear="none">So, it always amuses me when people use the expression '12 PM' to mean<br clear="none">noon, because as written that literally denotes twelve hours after noon,<br clear="none">i.e., midnight. By the same logic, '12 AM' literally denotes twelve<br clear="none">hours before noon, i.e., midnight.<div class="ydp7c18a9e8yqt5773007547" id="ydp7c18a9e8yqtfd20274"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">conspire mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:conspire@linuxmafia.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">conspire@linuxmafia.com</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://linuxmafia.com/mailman/listinfo/conspire</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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