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@@ -6036,6 +6036,9 @@ or @samp{p.m.}), @var{hour} is restricted to run from 1 to 12, and
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indicates the first half of the day, @samp{pm} indicates the second
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half of the day. In this notation, 12 is the predecessor of 1:
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midnight is @samp{12am} while noon is @samp{12pm}.
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+(This is the zero-oriented interpretation of @samp{12am} and @samp{12pm},
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+as opposed to the old tradition derived from Latin
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+which uses @samp{12m} for noon and @samp{12pm} for midnight.)
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@cindex timezone correction
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@cindex minutes, timezone correction by
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Paul Eggert