On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:00 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 8:05 AM, Allen Pulsifer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The ballot is open for a full 7 day week closing 12:00 p.m. EST ( UTC - 5 >> ) on Wednesday, November 16, 2011. >> >> Question: Does 12:00 p.m. refer to 12 noon or 12 midnight, and if it refers >> to 12 midnight, does it refer to the start of the day on November 16 or to >> the end of the day on November 16? >> > > I always thought 12pm was noon. But from reading that Wikipedia > article I can see that it can be confusing. > > However, Don's original note said his intent was to have the ballot > run for a full 7 days. And he sent the note on Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at > 10:47 PM EST. So ending at noon on Wed would not be a full 7 days. > So maybe let it run until midnight?
FWIW, many projects successfully use The World Clock's Fixed Time[1] capability on votes to avoid just this confusion... Thanks, --tim [1] - http://www.timeanddate.com/time/
