is midnight the start or the end of the day?

Disco Boy · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:47

Chicken and the egg question for you here. I am wondering when exactly you think this is:

Midnight (Pacific standard time) on Feb 1st

So do you think that is 8am GMT on the 1st, or the 2nd?

I ask because there's something happening, and the start has been given as midnight pst on the first.

mrbios · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:48

23:59 = end
00:00 = start

EDIT: Where "midnight" is considered 00:00, so the start of the day

GeForce · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:49

mrbios said:
23:59 = end
00:00 = start

Agreed.

mattyg · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:50

Its both the begining of a new day and the end of the old

Treat it like a circle

knip · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:50

What mrbios and Geforce said

'Harry · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:50

Day starts when I rise from my bed.
Day finishes when I go to bed.

Sleep time is a grey area where I dream of naked ladies and KY

Name · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:51

00:00 Feb 1st in the 'USA'
+5/6/7 hours dependant on where it is for GMT time.

this is obiously 0500/0600/0700 in the morning 1st feb GMT? surely.

Unless you mean 11:59 Feb 1st and 00:00 Feb 2nd, then same applies but its the 2nd... ive confused myself now

jsmoke · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:52

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight#Start_and_end_of_day

mattyg · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:52

mrbios said:
23:59 = end
00:00 = start

EDIT: Where "midnight" is considered 00:00, so the start of the day

But 23:59 on monday is still monday

It end and starts at the same time

Disco Boy · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:55

Name said:
00:00 Feb 1st in the 'USA'
+5/6/7 hours dependant on where it is for GMT time.

This is what I'm looking for.

So midnight on Friday 1st, is the beginning of Friday 1st, rather than the end?

elmarko · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:55

mattyg said:
It end and starts at the same time

This.

Otherwise you would have a period of time in which it was neither one day or the other.

Redgie · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:57

Presumably the end of the day is 23:59.999999999999 recurring.

But I imagine that would require a lot of hands on a clock.

Judgeneo · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:57

mrbios said:
23:59 = end
00:00 = start

EDIT: Where "midnight" is considered 00:00, so the start of the day

This.

On a partially related note. I hate people saying 'only x more sleeps till y!!!'.

Vulcan · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:59

mattyg said:
But 23:59 on monday is still monday

Correct, but time beyond that is another day.

23:59:59r = Monday, 00:00 = Tuesday.

Name · 24 Jan 2013 at 11:59

23:59:59 day1
tick
00:00:00' day2 < i suppose this time is subjective, you can see it as the final second of the previous day, or the first second of a new one.

I understand your confusion though.

Cosimo · 24 Jan 2013 at 12:02

San Francisco (U.S.A. - California) Friday, 1 February 2013, 00:00:00 PST UTC-8 hours
London (United Kingdom - England) Friday, 1 February 2013, 08:00:00 GMT UTC
Corresponding UTC (GMT) Friday, 1 February 2013, 08:00:00

Shelster · 24 Jan 2013 at 12:19

No such time as 0000 if you are in the RN.

Time goes up to 2359 then goes to 0001....don't know why, it just does. May be to do with recording the time in logs and stuff

asim18 · 24 Jan 2013 at 12:21

mattyg said:
It end and starts at the same time

Exactly. They are one event, not two separate events. Time doesn't wait for the new second to start. The start IS the end.

Disco Boy · 24 Jan 2013 at 12:52

As much as I am enjoying this philosophical debate. Most of it doesn't help me with answering whether by midnight on the 1st, the person means the beginning or the end of the 1st...

PardonTheWait · 24 Jan 2013 at 12:55

Disco Boy said:
As much as I am enjoying this philosophical debate. Most of it doesn't help me with answering whether by midnight on the 1st, the person means the beginning or the end of the 1st...

Ill tell you who could answer that...

They could