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Subject:Re: Noon From:Tracy Boyington <trlyboyi -at- GENESIS -dot- ODVTE -dot- STATE -dot- OK -dot- US> Date:Tue, 13 Aug 1996 13:18:37 +0000
> Midnight can be dangerously ambiguous. I have seen 2359hrs or 0001hrs
> substituted in military contexts (in both cases with the day of the month
> prefixed). I don't know if this is a NATO ruling, or just a custom in some
> units.
That's how I program my VCR if I want to record something that starts
at midnight -- set it for 11:59, cause you never know what your VCR
thinks 12:00 means.
Eric, this is on-topic because it's related to the earlier VCR manual
discussion! ;-)
Tracy
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Oklahoma Department of Vocational & Technical Education
Stillwater, Oklahoma
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with nothing but a bunch of blank paper."
-- Steve Martin
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