[this_user]

Because we no longer live in a pre-industrial society where people start work with the sunrise and go to bed at sunset, because the only available artificial light is candles. For the vast majority of people, noon is not the middle of the day.

[recursive]

So what does "noon" even mean? Why is it significant?

[GoblinSlayer]

Maybe fix that? Make solar noon the middle of the day. Then clock can show any number.