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  2. 12-hour clock - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. What Do AM and PM Stand For? - AOL

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    To identify how a post–12:59 PM time translates into military time, add 12 to the hour number. If you’re in military time, subtract 12. ... since midnight starts the new day, so it can be ...

  4. Date and time notation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In traditional American usage, dates are written in the month–day–year order (e.g. January 8, 2025) with a comma before and after the year if it is not at the end of a sentence [2] and time in 12-hour notation (6:45 pm). International date and time formats typically follow the ISO 8601 format (2025-01-08) for all-numeric dates, [3] write ...

  5. Prime time - Wikipedia

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    Public television in Slovakia consists of two channels; on the main channel prime time starts at 20:10, and on the second one (Dvojka) prime-time programming starts at 20:00. The two biggest private broadcasters set the start of prime-time programming at 20:20 and 20:30 . Generally, however, prime time is considered to be from 20:00 to 23:00.

  6. Roman timekeeping - Wikipedia

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    The daytime canonical hours of the Catholic Church take their names from the Roman clock: the prime, terce, sext and none occur during the first (prīma) = 6 am, third (tertia) = 9 am, sixth (sexta) = 12 pm, and ninth (nōna) = 3 pm, hours of the day. The English term noon is also derived from the ninth hour.

  7. Effects of time zones on North American broadcasting

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    An hour of syndicated programming time (between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m. in the Eastern and Pacific time zones) is lost in the Central and Mountain time zones since network primetime in those areas starts at 7:00 p.m., forcing stations in Mountain or Central time (or in parts of both zones) to choose between airing their 6:00 p.m. newscast and ...

  8. Daylight saving time 2024 starts Sunday. Here's why clocks ...

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    The House voted 138-5 to approve HB 1442 and stay on daylight saving time moving forward. The bill was sent to the Senate but remained in a committee as the 88th legislative session adjourned on ...

  9. Striking clock - Wikipedia

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    In 12-hour striking, used most commonly in striking clocks today, the clock strikes once at 1:00 am, twice at 2:00 am, continuing in this way up to twelve times at 12:00 mid-day, then starts again, striking once at 1:00 pm, twice at 2:00 pm, and the pattern continues up to twelve times at 12:00 midnight.