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12 hours in half a day is fine for me. 12 can be divided into halves, thirds, quarters and sixths. That's useful for planning out a day. Time is one of the applications where I don't have a complaint about using base 12.
The real confusion is when you count the days in a month, or year...
I've heard of a suggestion of using 13 months of 4 weeks each.
It adds up to 364 days.
The remainder day is a new type of annual leap day and you get the additional normal one every 4 years.
This seems more consistent..
Exactly why there are 12 months and 24h a day, for easy divisions.
One can reach twelve joints on a 4-fingered hand with the thumb. That's the basis of the base-12 counting system.