1 o'clock in the morning OR 1 o'clock at night?

The dark hours after 12 midnight can colloquially be referred to as either morning or night. It is considered morning because it is ante meridian (a.m.), but can be considered night because the sun isn't up.

My personal experience indicates that anything between 4:00 a.m. and 12 noon typically isn't referred to as "night". Reasons? Here is some speculation:

• During the winter months, the sun sets before 5:00 p.m. in many parts of the country, so "five o'clock at night" could refer to either 5:00 a.m. (it's still dark) and 5:00 p.m. (the sun has set).
• During the summer months, the sun rises before 6:00 a.m. in many parts of the country.

Anything AM can be referred to as morning, and anything PM as night. Generally these will be broken into morning (AM), afternoon (PM), evening (PM) and night (PM). People sometimes confuse the earlier AMs because it's still dark outside, but 2 AM is 2 in the morning, not night.

Morning means after I wake up. Night means after I go to bed. 1 o'clock in the morning means you've woken me up so knock off that damn racket. 1 o'clock at night means I've have fun staying up late so stop complaining about the racket I'm making. So yes they both mean 1 am.

The way we talk about time has a lot to do with how we feel about it.

1 pm is of course expressed as 1 o'clock in the afternoon.

1:00 am is not in the morning.

Since 12:00 am is considered midnight then the hours that follow 12:00 till dawn or sunrise is night time.

IMO, morning starts at sunrise and not before.

Actually, its a bit confusing because even in English, both (morning and night) could be correct depending on the context.

Firstly, its fine to say that 11PM to 4AM is night time, because the sky is obviously dark outside and visibility is almost non-existent.

But its also correct to say "2AM in the morning" because all the international timezones consider 12:00 AM midnight to be the time when the date changes. And since by definition, morning is the time when a day starts or begins, its perfectly fine to say "I'm writing this answer at 2AM in the morning" because the day (17th June) has just started two hours ago.

Let's look at this logically shall we?...If 12 a.m. is the MIDDLE of the night (Mid-Night) then that means there MUST be nearly an equal amount of 'Night' on either side of it, as it is in the 'Middle'.

'Night' is defined as: "The period of time between 'Evening' and 'Dawn' ". People tend to get confused at the difference between the terms 'DAY' and 'DATE'. If it is Monday and it becomes 2 a.m., since the light of the sun is no longer visible in the sky then that is the 'Night-of-the-previous-day", so it is 'Monday-Night'. However, one-minute AFTER 'Midnight' is the next "CALENDAR-'DATE", So if Monday is the 3rd of the month then one minute after Midnight is the 4th of the month, but it is STILL the "Night-of-the-previous-day", hence it is still Monday-'Night' as it is after 'Evening' but before 'Dawn' as technically 'Morning' begins "When the Sun first becomes visible above the horizon",....just prior to that it is 'Dawn', which is defined as: "That period of time just before 'Morning' when the sky is light but the sun is not yet visible above the horizon" (AKA' Daybreak'). Just as 12:00-noon is also known as 'Midday', which means the 'Middle of the day', this infers that there is about an EQUAL amount of 'DAY' on either side of it. To clarify: The chronological order of the most common terms identifying the apportionment/division of 'DAY' and 'NIGHT' are as follows;

DAWN/DAYBREAK= The period of time that extends from just after the LIGHT of the Sun becomes visible in the sky until the moment the first-bit of the SUN-ITSELF becomes visible just above the horizon. MORNING= The period of time from when the Sun first breaks the horizon until Noon. NOON/MIDDAY=12pm. AFTERNOON= The period of time between Noon and Sunset. SUNSET/SUNDOWN= The period of time between when the Sun touches The horizon till it is JUST no longer visible below the horizon. EVENING/DUSK/TWILIGHT= The period of time from when the Sun has JUST disappeared below the Horizon until the light of the Sun is no longer visible in the sky. NIGHT/NIGHTFALL=The period of time from when the light of the sun is no longer visible at all until Dawn.

This list is simplified and does not include some of the more archaic and therefore lesser-used terms (such as 'Forenoon'). It is also best to remember that A.M. and P.M. have NOTHING AT ALL to do with the terms 'Morning' or 'Night',....as A.M. stands for 'Ante-meridian, and P.M. stands for 'Post-meridian'. .... I hope this clears things up a bit.

Thanks for the question.

Morning technically begins at sunrise, which can vary by location and time of year.

Sunrise signifies the start of a new day. It is technically correct to say 'see you tomorrow' after midnight, and mean that you will see that person after sunrise.

The word morrow means morning, and tomorrow means at morningtime, or the next daytime.

Morning ends and Evening begins after the sun reaches the zennith, its highest point in the sky, regardless of the time of day.

Nighttime begins after the sun has set, and also varies by location and time of the year.

The anti-meridian (am) hours after midnight are technically considered night hours before sunrise, and day hours after sunrise... For example, in places where the sun has risen at 5am it is technically morning, however at 5am somewhere the sun has not yet risen, it is still night.

Post-meridian (pm) hours are considered day before sunset and night after sunset.

Midday and midnight are not precisely the middle of the day and night according to sunrise and sunset. They simply mean 12 o'clock during the day or night.

Afternoon means strictly after 12pm, ending in the evening when it starts getting dark.

I hope this clarifies a few misconceptions and settles any arguments.