KrAzY Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Ok, quick question. Does midnight signify the beginning of the day or the end of the day? So if I were to say either of these: Military time: Monday @ 00:00 Hours or 24:00 Hours Regular time: Monday @ 12:00 A.M. Would that be the when: Sunday becomes Monday -or- Monday becomes Tuesday Hmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostspyder Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 midnight is only the begining of the night :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad.C Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 00:00 Hours is both the beginning and ending.. I tend to also start a new week from Sunday, but then Monday seems more logical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioboy Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 it would signify the beginning of monday, aka there are 23 more hours of monday ahead of you the exception is tv listings... usually tuesday at 2am means 2am on wednesday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted February 21, 2005 Author Share Posted February 21, 2005 If I scheduled something for Monday at Midnight. Would you be there Sunday @ 11:59PM or Monday 11:59PM? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post-It Note Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 I would think it would be Monday at 11:59. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrAzY Posted February 21, 2005 Author Share Posted February 21, 2005 I would think it would be Monday at 11:59. 585507560[/snapback] That's the way I'm leaning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RatherLargeBear Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Midnight. as in middle of the night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shihchiun Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 I think 00:00 is the beginning of a new day and 23:59 is the last minute of a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilPodAE Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Monday 12:01AM-12:00PM Tuesday 12:01AM-12:00PM Thats why whenever your insurance expires on a certain date say Feb 1st, when they send you the letter they say your coverage expires 12:01AM on Feb 1st. Not that I would know this from expierence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylejn Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Midnight is the start of a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigapixels Veteran Posted February 21, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 21, 2005 End of day - 11:59:59 PM Beginning of day - 12:00 AM There are milliseconds ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pajter Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 I see it as a circle, it "starts" at 00:00 hours, but it also "ends" there. Still, for me, 00:00 is the start of a new day for me. When it's sunday, it becomes monday @ 00:00 hour... Yeah, something like that :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostspyder Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 I would think it would be Monday at 11:59. 585507560[/snapback] hehe i love your sig man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozgeek Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Yep. 00:00 is the starting time of a day so if your are on a Sunday night and it's 11.59:59 PM, one more millisecond will result in the start of Monday's day. Same goes on for the other days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.will Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 End of day - 11:59:59 PMBeginning of day - 12:00 AM There are milliseconds ;) 585507620[/snapback] no you can break it down to 11 hrs 59 mins 59.99 sec which could be broken down to 11 hrs 59 mins 59.999 sec which could be broken down to 11 hrs 59 mins 59.9999 sec, etc, etc, etc. picture it as a number line ---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------ MONDAY......................................TUESDAY....................................... the | signifies midnight. a line has no width. it is a one demensional object. right up until midnight its monday. right after midnight its tuesday. at THE EXACT MOMENT of midnight, its neither monday nor tuesday because that moment does not exist as humans can comprehend. that EXACT MOMENT has no length. its just a moment. i guess im overanalyzing this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrawn Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 The fact of the matter is that saying "Monday at midnight" is an ambiguous statement, and if you wanted to specify a date and time at midnight, you?d have to be more specific, ie, Monday morning at midnight (or Monday morning at 12:00), or Monday night at midnight (or Monday night at 12:00). But with military time, I think it?s incorrect to write 24:00. Either it?s 11:59:59? or it?s 00:00 (zero hours). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Veteran Posted February 21, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 21, 2005 "Midnight" is the first instant of a day. Monday @ midnight would technically be the minute before 12:01 AM :yes: Which is still considered Monday. Similarly, 12:00 PM is noon, or "midday". Even though 12 comes after 11, that's technically wrong. 12 comes before 1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porssi Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Everything that has a beginning, has an end :shifty: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiREFLi Posted February 21, 2005 Share Posted February 21, 2005 Both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Post-It Note Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Both. 585508926[/snapback] It can't be both! What if you were going to greet someone? Would you say either "Good morning" or "Good evening"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlogics Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Everything that has a beginning, has an end :shifty: 585508891[/snapback] I see the end coming, I see the darkness spreading. I guess it's time to go to bed now :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAH Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 Midnight is high noon for vampires :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiREFLi Posted February 22, 2005 Share Posted February 22, 2005 It can't be both! What if you were going to greet someone? Would you say either "Good morning" or "Good evening"? 585512452[/snapback] Actually I tihnk it can... with the help of a mathematical illustration Take monday as day 9 and tuesday as day 10. where each new number is a new midnight. Ok, still with me? [11:55] As we get closer [11:59] and closer [11:59.9] to tuesday [11:59.999999] the number '9' get's closer and closer to '10'. So as in the above sentance you might have something like this: 9.7, 9.9, 9.99999 and then we get to 9.9 recurring, that is an infinite amount of 9s on the end. And then we can do the maths (just take '.999...' as the recurring decimal here) x = 9.999... 10x = 99.999... 9x = 10x - x 9x = 99.999... - 9.999... 9x = 90 [divide both sides by 9] 9x/9 = 90/9 x = 10 Hence: 9.999... = 10 9.999... is the VERY end of monday 10 is the VERY beginning of tuesday The two are the same point in time :p So now you can see why I said both. :p Beat that. :ninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted February 22, 2005 Veteran Share Posted February 22, 2005 i just refer to the time before i sleep a day, so the day starts from when i wake up. yesterday ----> sleep -----> today so if im up all night, its the same day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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