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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language states "By convention, 12 AM denotes midnight and 12 PM denotes noon. Because of the potential for confusion, it is advisable to use 12 noon and 12 midnight". [34] E. G. Richards in his book Mapping Time (1999) provided a diagram in which 12 a.m. means noon and 12 p.m. means midnight. [35]
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recommends avoiding confusion altogether by using "11:59 pm" or "12:01 am" and the intended date instead of "midnight" or "12:00 am". [ 5 ]
In the 24-hour time notation, the day begins at midnight, 00:00 or 0:00, and the last minute of the day begins at 23:59. Where convenient, the notation 24:00 may also be used to refer to midnight at the end of a given date [3] — that is, 24:00 of one day is the same time as 00:00 of the following day.
Midnight (12:00 am local official clock time) was also the sixth hour of the night, which, depending on summer or winter, can come before or after 12:00 am local official clock time, whereas the first hour of the night always begins after sunset, when the first three stars appeared in the night sky.
There are multiple times that can be considered the witching hour. Some claim the time is between 12:00 am and 1:00 am, while others claim there is increased supernatural activity between sunset and sunrise. The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary identifies midnight as the time when witches are supposedly active. [2]
A Midnight Mass begins Dec. 25, 2023 at 12 a.m. (Central European Time), (6 p.m. ET). At 11 p.m. on Dec. 24, there’s a Christmas Vigil followed by Midnight Christmas Mass.
How else can you distinguish 12:01 am from 12:00 am? If it were 12:01 am and someone asked you the time, you would say 12:01 am. But 12:01 am is midnight according to the table. So when someone says it's 12:01 am, is it 12:01 am or midnight? This is ridiculous. You use 12:01 am and 11:59 pm only when down-to-the-minute accuracy is not needed ...
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