you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Where I'm from, 12:00 a.m. (00:00) is the middle of the night (we call it midnight here), and morning begins when the sun rises (and we say "good morning" during our mornings).

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    Put more specifically, A.M. and P.M. are abbreviations for "ante meridiem" and "post meridiem", which are Latin for "before mid-day" and "after mid-day" respectively. Since a new day begins at midnight, it follows that midnight is 12:00 A.M. since it's the 12 o'clock that is before mid-day.

  • source
  • parent