Many people don't know what the abbreviations stand for — or how we should refer to noon and midnight. In particular, am stands for ante meridiem, which translates into english as ‘before midday’ Meanwhile, pm is post meridiem and means in english ‘after midday’ Am and pm are the abbreviated terms for ante meridiem and post meridiem respectively While am represents the time from midnight to 11:59 noon, and pm represents the time from 12 noon to 11:59 midnight. For latin ante merīdiem, meaning “before noon,” refers to the period from midnight until noon
One minute before noon is 11:59 a.m One minute after noon is 12:01 p.m Many people distinguish between noon and midnight by saying 12 noon and 12 midnight. They are the latin words used to refer to time The meaning of am and pm is ‘ante meridiem’ and ‘post meridiem’, which means before noon or midday With the afternoon and evening
And p.m., sometimes written as am and pm, are used to differentiate times in the first half of the day from times in the second half of the day.
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