12-hour clock | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 14/12/2018

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12-hour clock


00:00:53 1 History and use
00:03:45 1.1 Use by country
00:05:10 1.2 Computer support
00:05:44 2 Abbreviations
00:07:32 3 Related conventions
00:07:42 3.1 Typography
00:09:05 3.1.1 Encoding
00:09:35 3.2 Informal speech and rounding off
00:10:59 3.3 Formal speech and times to the minute
00:12:34 4 Confusion at noon and midnight
00:16:04 5 See also



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SUMMARY
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The 12-hour clock is a time convention in which the 24 hours of the day are divided into two periods: a.m. (from Latin ante meridiem, translates to, before midday) and p.m. (from Latin post meridiem translates to, past midday). Each period consists of 12 hours numbered: 12 (acting as zero), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. The 24 hour/day cycle starts at 12 midnight (may be indicated as 12 a.m.), runs through 12 noon (may be indicated as 12 p.m.), and continues to the midnight at the end of the day. The 12-hour clock has been developed from the middle of the second millennium BC to the 16th century AD.
The 12-hour time convention is common in several English-speaking nations and former British colonies, as well as a few other countries.