What day is midnight?

OzBozo on 23/10/2016 - 13:58
Last edited 23/10/2016 - 13:58

I know that midnight is 12:00 am which is the start of the next day, Derrr.

But who knows what someone means when they say expires at midnight.

Found a deal today that said expires midnight sunday 23 Oct, so that means it expires at 00:00 , 14 hours ago, but had a feeling they ment tonight, which I confirmed after after ringing them

When do u think midnight is ?, and how are humans so stupid we can't even read a clock and know what day it is.

Why don't they just write expires at 11:59:59 pm so I don't have to play the guessing game.

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  • Savas on 23/10/2016 - 14:01

    Excellent question, I would ask Hamza

    • OzBozo on 23/10/2016 - 20:36
      +1

      Apparently I'm wrong , I dug this up which im going with

      " there is no such thing as 12 a.m. or 12 p.m.. Technically, you should refer to 12 noon or 12 midnight. It technically neither. It's just midnight. The abbreviations for am and pm come from the Latin words "ante meridies" (am) and "post meridies" (pm)."

      12am doesn't exist :s ,
      Your little digital watch has been telling lies your whole life.

      But still, there isn't really a clear answer anywhere about what day midnight actually is.

      • Savas on 23/10/2016 - 20:52

        Very interesting! Btw welcome to OzBargain

  • argonide on 23/10/2016 - 14:13
    +12

    For deals I would say:
    Begins midnight Sunday 23 Oct is 12:01 am Sunday 23 Oct
    Ends midnight Sunday 23 Oct is 11:59 pm Sunday 23 Oct

  • Sage on 23/10/2016 - 14:15
    +1

    They often do say expires 11:59pm of the day.
    I think it can go either way, with the offer expiring before the day mentioned or at the end of the day mentioned.

    Usually when it's Sunday for the expiry then it's Sunday 11:59pm to match the weekend.

  • mskeggs on 23/10/2016 - 14:27

    This sometimes comes up with shift working. To avoid ambiguity, the time is 00:00 at midnight, which links it to the forthcoming day.

  • inherentchoice on 23/10/2016 - 15:25
    +2

    To say "11:59:59 pm" is much more of a tongue twister than "midnight".

    • Kangal on 23/10/2016 - 18:15
      +2

      Zero-o-clock ?

    • bargainslut on 23/10/2016 - 18:24
      +2

      Try saying 'Irish wrist watch' over and over.

  • nocure on 23/10/2016 - 16:18
    -4

    This takes the prize for the most ridiculous question ever asked on OzBargain.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/10/2016 - 17:19
    +4

    12:00:00am is midnight, technically the start of a new day.

    The second before, 11:59:59pm, is the day before.

    Think about it - there are 60 seconds in a minute. If you consider 11:59pm to be the last minute of a given day, then it is safe to say that the 60 seconds between 11:59:00pm to 11:59:59pm inclusive together comprise the last minute of the day.

    12:00:00am to 12:00:59am are the first 60 seconds of the day, which aims to prove that 12:00:00am and the entire minute of 12:00am falls into a new day.

    11:59pm and the following minute (12:00am) will never fall on the same day.

  • Nugs on 23/10/2016 - 18:15
    +1

    when did the current millennium start?

  • bargainslut on 23/10/2016 - 18:21
    -3

    One of the finest troll posts in a while….

  • [Deactivated] on 23/10/2016 - 18:55
    +1

    I think Cinderella interprets midnight as the end of the day. The time when salagadoola magic runs out.

  • cupcake on 23/10/2016 - 19:48
    +2

    Have you tried getting the deal a minute after 12.00am? See what happens.

  • Donaldhump on 23/10/2016 - 20:53
    +1

    midnight is the start of a new day

    But if something expires midnight I would interpret it as the end of the day in question

  • straphlinger on 24/10/2016 - 09:04
    +1

    When you look at the progression of a day , Morning-Day Time-Night. Midnight refers to the time at the end of the day in question. We are talking about English after all, with all it's little quirks.

  • Peck on 24/10/2016 - 10:48

    Midnight Sunday is Middle of the night on Sunday, not middle of the morning.

  • [Deactivated] on 24/10/2016 - 10:52

    When we talk about midnight, I think we link it to the end if the day

  • Ihhdle on 24/10/2016 - 12:01
    +1

    This is why we need to use the 24 hour clock. The day runs from 00h00 to 24h00 ie midnight to midnight. 24h00 on Monday night is the same as 00h00 on Tuesday, but it makes it clear whether you are talking about the end of the one day or the start of the next. The am/pm system is confusing. See Wikipedia for more: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock

    • OzBozo on 24/10/2016 - 16:10

      I think we need a 10 hour clock.(decimal clock)
      Google that ,
      10 hours in a day
      100 mins in a hour
      100 seconds in a minute
      First second of day is 00:00:01
      Last second is 10:00:00

      There is no midnight twilight zone second.

      Dr Karl talked about it a while back
      It also some how lines up as the same number of seconds in day basically, ( you wouldn't have to change the length of the seconds)
      Out of pure coincidence

      • [Deactivated] on 24/10/2016 - 19:04

        24 hours x 60 minutes x 60 seconds is 86400 seconds in a day versus 10 X 100 x 100 = 100000. I think the seconds would have to change to make it fit?

        • OzBozo on 24/10/2016 - 22:04

          Just a little,

        • OzBozo on 24/10/2016 - 22:05

          I remember dr Karl said it was pretty close

        • [Deactivated] on 24/10/2016 - 22:47

          @OzBozo:
          Are you old and daggy enough to remember the Swatch Beat Time failure. Kinda funny.

    • OzBozo on 24/10/2016 - 16:22
      -1

      Is there such thing as 24:00?
      :S , I don't think there is lol, doesn't it just go from 23:59:59 to 00:00:00

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