M is for meridian (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mark Mandel]

I've also heard e.g. "oh dark 30" for 00:30 aka 12:30 a.m.

m a m

On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:08 PM, James Smith <jsmithjamessmith at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Hence, midnight sometimes given as "0 dark hundred" :)
>
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