On 30 October 2013 12:32, Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoe...@gmx.net> wrote:
> * Risker wrote: > >Just to clarify, since 0000 UTC is a confusing time for most of us...is > >that the minute after 2359 UTC on November 2 (i.e., 7 hours after the > first > >session), or is it the minute after 2359 UTC on November 3? > > > >I've seen it used both ways so I just want to be clear. > > Could you elaborate on this confusion and where you think it is common? > The 24 hour clock divides a day into 24 hours from 0 to 23 starting at > midnight. 23:59 is 23 hours and 59 minutes after 00:00 on the same day. > > 2013-11-03T00:00Z --+ > 2013-11-03T00:01Z | > ... | > 2013-11-03T00:59Z |-- November 3rd > 2013-11-03T01:00Z | > ... | > 2013-11-03T23:59Z --+ > 2013-11-04T00:00Z > ... > > The minute after 2013-11-03T23:59Z is on November 4th. I do understand > that when setting a deadline you are better off giving the end of a day > as deadline so the time is up when the day is over, otherwise people see > a contradiction and get confused, but beyond that I've not encountered > this particular confusion. > -- > Bjoern, it might just be that I am old and remember the ancient days when the 24-hour clock was first coming into use outside of the military; it was common back then to see a time like 00:01 written as 24:01. The fact that we have a date change creates the mental expectation that there will be a day's end before the next meeting, but for people in North America, this is early afternoon vs late afternoon/early evening. But yeah....I just asked a simple question, and I've got a nice answer. I've also got a fair amount of slogging. Let's end this thread now, okay? Risker _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>