RE: 24-hour clock

Subject: RE: 24-hour clock
From: "Darren Barefoot" <darren -dot- barefoot -at- capeclear -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 12:00:35 -0000

Well, speaking from a country that uses the 24-hour clock, when it's
midnight on my clock radio, it displays 0:00. One minute after mindight
is 0:01, etc. The standard way to express the end of Sunday has, to me,
always been "0:00" on Monday. Thanks. DB.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bounce-techwr-l-65243 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
> [mailto:bounce-techwr-l-65243 -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com] On Behalf Of
> Dick Margulis
> Sent: 24 January 2002 11:49
> To: TECHWR-L
> Cc: TECHWR-L
> Subject: Re: 24-hour clock
>
>
> Many American contracts and laws (and possibly British as well, but I
> don't know) specify 12:01 AM on a given date as a beginning or ending
> point for just this reason. With software that's problematic,
> because on
> computers the day ticks over pretty much right on the dot of midnight
> (give or take a nanosecond or so). Nonetheless, I've never seen 0:00
> used to represent a clock time. I'd suggest Sunday 24h00 to Sunday
> 24h00. (Based on responses to a recent question I posted, I
> think 24h00
> is preferred in civilian usage to 24:00 or 2400).
>
> CHAI-ELSHOLZ Raeleen wrote:
>


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