{"id":23713,"date":"2024-08-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellalanguage.com\/blog\/?p=23713"},"modified":"2024-09-19T14:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:25:46","slug":"am-or-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellalanguage.com\/blog\/am-or-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"A.M. or P.M.: What Time Is It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A.M. or P.M.<\/h1>\n

A.M. and P.M. are short words used to talk about time in English. In English-speaking countries, a twelve-hour clock is usually used. This means that both 3 o’clock in the morning and 3 o’clock in the afternoon are referred to as \u201cthree o’clock” To tell if it’s 3 in the morning or three in the afternoon, we add a.m. or p.m.<\/p>\n

The meaning of A.M. and P.M.<\/h2>\n

The words A.M. and P.M. come from Latin. A.M. stands for ante meridiem, meaning \u201cbefore midday”. We use A.M. for hours from 00:00 to 11:59 (from midnight until just before noon). P.M. stands for post meridiem, meaning \u201cafter midday”. We use P.M. for hours from 12:00 to 23:59 (from noon until midnight)<\/p>\n

3 a.m. = 3:00 in the morning
\n3 p.m. = 3:00 in the afternoon (also 15:00)<\/p>\n

10:00 a.m. = 10:00 in the morning
\n10:00 p.m. = 10:00 in the afternoon (also 22:00)<\/p>\n

8:00 a.m. = 8:00 in the morning
\n8:00 p.m. = 8:00 in the afternoon (also 20:00)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\n
Important!<\/h5>\n

Remember that A.M. is for morning and P.M. is for afternoon and evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

a.m. = 00:00 – 11:59
\np.m. = 12:00 – 23:59<\/div>\n

\"Start<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\n\n
\"A.M.<\/figure>\n\n\n

Midnight or Noon?<\/h2>\n

Twelve o’clock is the time when the change from a.m. to p.m. and from p.m. to a.m. occurs. Because of this, it may be confusing what time we’re talking about, so 12 a.m. is called midnight, and 12 p.m. is called noon.<\/p>\n

12 a.m. = 00:00 midnight
\n12 p.m. = 12:00 noon<\/div>\n

P.M. for Noon?<\/h3>\n

P.M. means after midday, but twelve, which is noon, is not \u201cafter midday.” Because of this, it’s not entirely logical to use the P.M. shortcut for noon. Similarly, A.M., which means before midday, also doesn’t explain why the time changes from P.M. to A.M. at midnight. This is why noon is usually referred to as 12 p.m. and midnight as 12 a.m.<\/p>\n

12 a.m. = 00:00
\n12 p.m. = 12:00<\/div>\n

With midnight comes a certain problem – is midnight the beginning or the end of the day? If we talk about midnight on May 10th, do we mean the beginning or the end? Unfortunately, the shortcuts A.M. and P.M. don’t help resolve this problem. At airports or on trains, we might see the use of incomplete hours to prevent mistakes.<\/p>\n

11:59 p.m. – end of the day
\n12:01 a.m. – beginning of the day<\/div>\n

A.M. vs AM and P.M. vs PM<\/h3>\n

A.M. and P.M. are shortcuts, so they should be correctly written with lowercase letters and dots. Additionally, there should be a space between the time and the shortcut. However, in daily use, we might see a simplified writing style for these shortcuts – without dots, written in lowercase or uppercase, without a space between the time and the shortcut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
a.m.<\/th>\np.m.<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
6AM
\n6am
\n6 A.M<\/td>\n		6PM
\n6pm
\n6 P.M.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

However, it’s important to consistently use the chosen writing style for these shortcuts.<\/p>\n

The movie starts at 3pm and ends at 5PM<\/div>\n
The movie starts at 3pm and ends at 5pm.<\/div>\n
The movie starts at 3PM and ends at 5PM.<\/div>\n
\n\n\n
\"A.M.<\/figure>\n\n\n

How to Tell Time in English?<\/h2>\n

Basic concepts needed for telling time in English include a quarter, half past, to, past. Additionally, knowing numbers in English is useful.<\/p>\n

10:05 a.m. – five past ten
\n10:15 a.m. – a quarter past ten
\n10:30 a.m. – half past ten
\n10:45 a.m. – a quarter to eleven<\/div>\n
\n
Hours in American English<\/h5>\n

In American English, we may encounter the use of after instead of past.<\/p>\n

9:10 a.m. – ten after nine (AmE)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
– What time Is It?
\n– It\u2019s 4:20 p.m. (It\u2019s twenty past four p.m.)<\/p>\n

– What time does the movie start?
\n– It starts at 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

<\/div>\n

\"American<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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