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[–] karashta@sopuli.xyz 38 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (3 children)

They come from Latin.

Ante meridies - before mid day

Post meridies - after mid day

If you think this is stupid, just wait until you look into how Rome did days of the month

[–] Dojan@pawb.social 11 points 6 days ago

The months themselves were fine until some emperor toddled along and fucked with them. Now Tenmonth is the 12th month. Ugh!

how about ad meridies for midday...? and ad noctis for midnight I guess

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

12 noon is mid day, so how can it be after itself?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Everything after 12:00:00.000000...0 is technically after noon. However, there were (are?) different convention on whether noon is am or pm.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Who’s to say mid day is exactly 12:00:00.0…?
12 could be the mid day hour.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)

With daylight savings 1PM is actually midday (or 11am? Idfk)