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Huh? I am ex-mil (Aus RAAF) background - there is NO 24:00.
23:59:59.9999. -> 00:00
00:00 is am, 12:00 is pm. They are the starting tick of their period. Have I
missed something here? Please state a published reference for your very
spurious claims. I have never, _ever_ seen a time reference given as 24h00.
Its almost l33t h4xx0r (r4p.
I don't deny gov using 12:01 am - that's a whole different kettle of fish
from:
> I've never seen 0:00 used to represent a clock time
> I'd suggest Sunday 24h00 to Sunday 24h00. [HUH?]
> I think 24h00 is preferred in civilian usage to 24:00 or 2400
On more than one occasion I have told pure-civvy friends to meet me
somewhere at zero hundred hours and they haven't batted an eyelid - so it is
not just the mil heads that talk 24.
Again, to get around the 'page break' of day - contracts are starting to
specify (to get back to the original question) stuff like
Ze veek shalt been known to vun und all ast ze follwing defintion or ELSE:
12:00 AM on ze Munday thru to ze 23:59 on ze Sunday
23:59:59:997 is still in the minute of 23:59 so its covered. If it ticks to
00:00:00.000000 then THAT IS A NEW DAY. Not one digit bears ANY resemblance
to its immediate predecessor.
At 6:59. blah the 7 that follows is an increment of 6 - thus its the same
day. It's sequential. Enough - my pillow is far too tasty right now.
Steve Hudson, Word Heretic
HDK List MVP
Word help and tools: heretic -at- tdfa -dot- com
-----Original Message-----
From: Dick Margulis
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:
>Hello. I'm a tech writer being used to translate software manuals from
>French into English.
>
>The text I'm working on now explains that a "week" extends from Monday at
>0:00 to Sunday midnight.
>
>For me, that means the week goes from Monday 0:00 to Monday 0:00, but this
>raised some mocking objections. The French says Monday 0:00 to Sunday
24:00.
>Where did this extra hour come from? It SEEMS clear to say "Sunday 24:00",
>but FEELS like bad math!
>
>Can anyone tell me whether it is standard usage - in English - to have two
>names for midnight (i.e. 0:00 of the following day AND 24:00 of the
>preceding day)?
>
>All of you other English speakers, how would you do the numbers for this?
>Unfortunately, they don't want me to use the word "midnight", which would
>have solved the problem.
>
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