Is 12pm just after "lunchtime" or is it "midnight"? I'm 99% sure its the lunchtime option!!

Question

Is 12pm just after "lunchtime" or is it "midnight"? I'm 99% sure its the lunchtime option!!

Answer 1

12 pm is during the day and 12am is midnight.

Answer 2

"PM" is post meridian, and meridian is NOON

Answer 3

Trying to get as logical as possible -

Midnight is 00.00 (11.59 pm, 00.00am, 00.01 am)

Noon is 11.59 am, 12.00 Noon, 12.01 pm)

Technically there isn't a 12pm, or a 12am. Mid-day is 12 Noon, Mid-night is Midnight. 12.00 Mid-day is neither AM (before meridian) nor PM (post meridian), it is "the" M.

Hope this helped?

Answer 4

PM is for afternoon

AM is for morning

Answer 5

afternoon - once you get to 11.59am it goes to 12pm then 12.01pm etc

Answer 6

Its midday but 12 pm. Noon only last for about a second. once the second goes by and it turns to 12:00:01 pm, it is no longer noon, it is now afternoon. :-) and it is lunch time and 12: am is at night

Answer 7

12 pm means Noon- lunchtime

12 AM is Midnight.

Answer 8

There is, as others have noted, no such time as 12am or 12pm.  Midday is 12 noon, and midnight is 12 midnight.

There is a convention for western calendars that 12 midnight is labelled 12am, and 12 noon labelled 12 pm. Logically, there is no reason for this, as the exact opposite convention has equal justification. It is, after all, a bit like trying to describe a five pound note as either (i) less than £5 or (ii) greater than £5 ; neither category fits, because it's exact, not smaller or greater. 12 noon is the same ; it is not before the meridian or after it, it is when the sun is exactly on it.

Therefore, to avoid confusion (and to be smarter than the average clock-watcher), just make it a point  to use 'noon' and 'midnight'.

Answer 9

lunchtime

Answer 10

lunch

Answer 11

yeh

12pm----------------------------------...

12am----------------------------------...

Answer 12

yeh defo the lunchtime one.

Answer 13

It's the lunchtime or noon as soom call it.  Midday also works since it's the middle of the day.  That is odd since it's daytime when it's 12 pm and nighttime when it's 12 am.  LOL never really thought about it.

Answer 14

12pm is strictly speaking neither morning (am) or evening (pm) it is simply midday.

However 12:00:01 is pm

Answer 15

lol yes, lunchtime

12am is midnight

Answer 16

yeah 12pm is lunchtime. 12am is midnight

Answer 17

yeah, its lunch time

Answer 18

its midday

Answer 19

Midnight would be 12AM ... but 12PM is midday/lunchtime

Answer 20

its daytime like midday near lunchtime.  12 am is mid night like wen ur in bed.

Answer 21

It's the middle of the day.