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Re:The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed h... by Jenk on Thursday November 09, 2023 @04:08AM (#38202689)
And yet we have survived with the convention that 12AM is midnight, and 12PM is noon for centuries.

Noon is also not "12:00" - it is the infinitely small moment at the strike of 12:00. Instantaneously it becomes post-meridiem. 12:00:00.0000000000000000000000000000001 is after noon.

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