Is right the time shown on the panel

[heromyth <zxpmyth yahoo com cn>]

Now it was midnight. I run 'date' in terminal, and got this:

    0h02m57s CST

However, the time shown on the right of the panel is :

    am 12:02

Ok, at noon, the time on panel is:
    pm 12:xx

Are there some mistakes? Thanks for any helps!