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"Tron" (Email Removed) skrev i melding
[nq:1]Hi,.. The time given for a daytime occurrence is - "12.43 p.m.". Strictly speaking, this is the same as 27 minutes past noon, right?[/nq]
The pitfalls of the clipboard.. scire licet "43 minutes past noon", please.
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[nq:1]Hi, Sorry to bother y'all again ... Once more, translating a US english source, I stumble over the hour datum; ... for a daytime occurrence is - "12.43 p.m.". Strictly speaking, this is the same as 27 minutes past noon, right?[/nq]
Unless you have one of those very rare clocks with 100 divisions per hour, it is strictly speaking 43 minutes past noon. The choice of '.' vs ':' as a separat

"Tron" (Email Removed) skrev ...
[nq:1]The time given for a daytime occurrence is - "12.43 p.m.". Strictly speaking, this is the same as 43 minutes past noon, right?[/nq]
Not really.
But 43 minutes past noon is the same as 12.43 pm.
(see thedifference?)

Andrew
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"Andrew Heenan" (Email Removed) skrev i melding
[nq:2]The time given for a daytime occurrence is - "12.43 p.m.". Strictly speaking, this is the same as 43 minutes past noon, right?[/nq]
[nq:1]Not really. But 43 minutes past noon is the same as 12.43 pm. (see thedifference?)[/nq]
... not really .. is it the "strictly"...?
Jobwise, it's OK as long as I can render it

"Martin Ambuhl" (Email Removed) skrev i melding
[nq:2]Hi, Sorry to bother y'all again ... Once more, translating ... this is the same as 27 minutes past noon, right?[/nq]
[nq:1]Unless you have one of those very rare clocks with 100 divisions per hour, it is strictly speaking 43 minutes past noon.[/nq]
Thank you.
I misquoted wrt. the 27 minutes, it should be 43 minutes there, too.

[nq:2]Not really. But 43 minutes past noon is the same as 12.43 pm. (see thedifference?)[/nq]
[nq:1]... not really .. is it the "strictly"...?[/nq]
Ok.
The time is 12.43 pm and / or 12.43 hours (using the 24hr clock).

You could say 43 mins past noon, and you'd not be 'wrong'. But noon is noon; once you get a minute before or after, noon doesn't really come into it. The '12' is

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"Andrew Heenan" (Email Removed) skrev i melding
[nq:1]Ok. The time is 12.43 pm and / or 12.43 hours (using the 24hr clock). You could say 43 mins ... you get a minute before or after, noon doesn't really come into it. The '12' is the appropriate reference point.[/nq]
I'm probably right dense ... and the job is delivered, so further post-grad edu on my behalf is par coulance...

[nq:2]Ok. The time is 12.43 pm and / or 12.43 ... come into it. The '12' is the appropriate reference point.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm probably right dense ... and the job is delivered, so further post-grad edu on my behalf is par coulance... ... but astrological...? I don't know the precise technical meaning of "...doesn't really come into it" in this context, I think.[/nq]
I'll leave Andrew Heenan

Hi,
"Peter Duncanson (BrE)" (Email Removed) skrev i melding

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[nq:1]I'll leave Andrew Heenan to further explain his objection. To me, "43 minutes past noon" correctly identifies the time but ... meaning, but others might be temporarily perplexed. This is an area where it is best to stick to the conventions.[/nq]
Yes, well, the target language is not english.
I was just c

[nq:1]The time "43 minutes past noon" is conventionally expressed as "12:43 p.m.". A logical analysis of "12:43 p.m." could lead ... after noon" which is 43 minutes past midnight, which is not what "12:43 p.m." means according to the normal convention.[/nq]
Wouldn't that depend on the actual interpretation of "post meridiem"? It could either mean H hours and M minutes since the sun reached the