Timeline for How to avoid 12:00 AM midnight/noon confusion in a time input field?
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| Apr 17, 2015 at 22:12 | comment | added | Keavon | I am saying that 12:01 AM/PM is confusing because I wouldn't know when AM or PM takes place. 11:59 is less confusing because it is within the 1 – 11 hour range where AM/PM makes sense, but when it becomes 12 with or without minutes after it, it becomes confusing. When I said "almost midnight" and "almost noon" I meant one minute off. My main point is that AM/PM becomes confusing when the hour is 12 because it's unclear if it loops around there or not. | |
| Apr 17, 2015 at 15:21 | comment | added | Taj Moore | From what you are saying, 12:01am is ambiguous to you, but you reference "almost midnight" or "almost noon" … I'm a little confused because 12:01 would be "just after." Regardless, what I hear is that 12:01 am still doesn't strike you as being clearly in the dark or light of the 24-hour cycle. This is somewhat similar to the issue of the new year beginning smack in the middle of the coldest, darkest days of the year (in the northern hemisphere). In many cultures, it begins in spring, which feels like a new beginning to a day. But I digress. | |
| Apr 3, 2015 at 2:52 | comment | added | Keavon | 12:01am is still ambiguous here as I wouldn't be sure if it means almost midnight or almost noon. | |
| Jan 2, 2013 at 17:32 | history | answered | Taj Moore | CC BY-SA 3.0 |