What is full form of a.m & pm & gmt?
What do the abbreviations "a.m.", "p.m.", and "GMT" stand for, and what do they mean?
11 Answers
Ante-Meridian, Post-meridian and Greenwich Mean Time.
AM means the sun is not past the meridian (the point it reaches at noon), PM is when it is past the meridian, and Greenwich Mean Time is the mean solar time at the Royal Observatory in London. It is where all other times are based off of (GMT is the same as Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC). GMT is the time zone used by a few countries, including Britain, but only in the Winter.
A.M —->Ante Meridian that is “local time of any place between Midnight and Mid-day i.e noon”.
P.M —-> Post Meridian “local time of any place from Mid-day to Midnight”.
G.M.T—–> Greenwich Mean Time(World Standard Time) that is”local time of Greenwich Royal Observatory through which passes the Prime Meridian(0 degree).
1.] Ante Meridium,latin for “before noon” 2.] Post Meridium,latin for “after noon” 3.] gmt: Greenwich Mean Time.
It’s Ante Meridiem and Post Meridiem
Ante means before, Post means after, Meridiem is Mid-day, or noon.
GMT is Greenwich (pronounced Grenn-Itch) Mean Time and is a referance point for international time-zones. It has nothing to do with AM or PM, which is a purely local referance to whether or not the time is before or after mid-day.
am – ante meridiem – before noon
pm – post meridiem: between noon and midnight
‘GMT’ is the abbreviated form of Greenwich Mean Time
Related Questions
I was watching the movie "Crimson Tide" and became curious about the ranks within a U.S. nuclear submarine. Specifically...
I have encountered the term "Kusabi" in two different contexts: once in the video game Fatal Frame II and again in the s...
Who are the Nomads in the Bandidos Motorcycle Club?
I have the chorus of a song stuck in my head, and I can't figure out who sings it or what the song is. I've tried search...
I just got hired for a part-time sales job at Home Depot, and I have my orientation tomorrow. I've never had a job where...
I’ve already checked the IKEA website, but they only provide instructions for the Brimnes bed with storage drawers. I sp...
Why is it so quiet? Is it the middle of the night right now? What time is it?
What is the height of a PlayStation 4 game case?
I came across the phrase "Kyrie among nations" and looked it up in the dictionary, but the definition doesn't seem to fi...
I’m trying to make my car payment online, and it’s asking for a bank account nickname. What does that mean, and what sho...