Grammar? Science? Civics? General Knowledge?

[DGS49]

I don't know why this simple fact is so difficult to understand.

I got an E-mail from the United States Postal Service this morning, telling me that...

"Your item is out for delivery on May 10, 2024 at 6:10 am in WEXFORD, PA 15090.

USPS expects to deliver your package today between 8:00am and 12:00pm."

There IS NO SUCH THING AS "12:00pm." Nor is there any such time as, "12:00am."

AM stands for "ante merideim" and PM stands for "post meridian." That is to say, BEFORE NOON, and AFTER NOON.

The patently ambiguous message from the USPS advises me that my package will arrive after 8 o'clock in the morning, but before noon in the morning. I'm glad it's not noon in the after-noon, that might require that I stay up late.

Why can't people and corporate entities say, "noon" and "midnight"? They have the respective advantages of being...I don't know...CORRECT!

 

[Harpy Eagle]

A nice example of a first world problem.

 

[1srelluc]

Midnight Military Time - 2400 or 0000?

Sorting out midnight military time can be a head scratcher. So what is midnight military time? Should 12AM be notated as 2400 or 0000 military time?

www.militarytime.us

The easiest know-how to say and notate midnight military time seems to stem from if it is the beginning or the start of the event.

If it is the beginning of the day, activity, or event then use 0000 (Pronounced: “Zero Hundred Hours” or “Midnight”).

If it is the end of the day, activity or event then use 2400 (Pronounced: “Zero Hundred Hours,” “Twenty Four Hundred Hours,” or “Midnight”).

 

[rightwinger]

I don't know why this simple fact is so difficult to understand.

I got an E-mail from the United States Postal Service this morning, telling me that...

"Your item is out for delivery on May 10, 2024 at 6:10 am in WEXFORD, PA 15090.

USPS expects to deliver your package today between 8:00am and 12:00pm."

There IS NO SUCH THING AS "12:00pm." Nor is there any such time as, "12:00am."

AM stands for "ante merideim" and PM stands for "post meridian." That is to say, BEFORE NOON, and AFTER NOON.

The patently ambiguous message from the USPS advises me that my package will arrive after 8 o'clock in the morning, but before noon in the morning. I'm glad it's not noon in the after-noon, that might require that I stay up late.

Why can't people and corporate entities say, "noon" and "midnight"? They have the respective advantages of being...I don't know...CORRECT!

Have you always been so anal?
Sit down, relax, have a beer and your package will eventually arrive

 

[John Edgar Slow Horses]

Sit down and count the fuck your blessings, DSG49.

 

[whitehall]

Everyone knows the meaning of 12AM and 12PM. Enjoy your package and quit bitchin.

 

[rightwinger]

So there is a 12:01 PM but no 12:00 PM?

 

[merrill]

I don't know why this simple fact is so difficult to understand.

I got an E-mail from the United States Postal Service this morning, telling me that...

"Your item is out for delivery on May 10, 2024 at 6:10 am in WEXFORD, PA 15090.

USPS expects to deliver your package today between 8:00am and 12:00pm."

There IS NO SUCH THING AS "12:00pm." Nor is there any such time as, "12:00am."

AM stands for "ante merideim" and PM stands for "post meridian." That is to say, BEFORE NOON, and AFTER NOON.

The patently ambiguous message from the USPS advises me that my package will arrive after 8 o'clock in the morning, but before noon in the morning. I'm glad it's not noon in the after-noon, that might require that I stay up late.

Why can't people and corporate entities say, "noon" and "midnight"? They have the respective advantages of being...I don't know...CORRECT!

Stop being stupid ...........