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Does midnight belong to the day before or the day after?

Posted by prayformojo (aka mayhem) Jun 30 '11, 11:25

the day after, right?

the minute after 11:59 pm Thursday
is
midnight Friday, right?

Responses:

You are correct. -- nm - nubby Jun 30, 11:38
to me "midnight Friday" means the time that is late Friday night/very early Saturday morning. -- nm - Don Homer Jun 30, 11:35
same difference as with the millennium -- nm - marcel Jun 30, 11:35
Huh. I thought there'd be more agreement. So if I'm reading this right, most of us think that midnight Friday is within a matter of hours, - prayformojo Jun 30, 11:33 4
- Here's the thing: when I use it to make plans, or in practice, I would call tonight midnight Thursday, because it's part of the Thurs night activities - TFox Jun 30, 11:37 1
  - Exactly -- what we say in everyday speech is not necessarily what's technically correct. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:37
- Right, midnight is the beginning of Friday, not the end. However, most people will not understand what you mean if you don't make it clear. -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:36
- If you say it that way, I think a whole day plus a few hours. -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:34
it's gonna go down at midnight tonight, if you know what I mean. -- nm - Max Jun 30, 11:31
Day after. -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:28
day before - midnight is of the day that is ending. -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 11:28
Excellent question. Technically, neither. Practically, the day after (for reasons I've never agreed with). -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:28 5
- You are a facinating woman. -- nm - con_carne Jun 30, 11:30
- so if said 'i was out until midnight Friday', that would mean 11:59.59pm Thursday? -- nm - Andie Jun 30, 11:29 2
  - Ha! Actually it means until midnight Saturday. :-) -- nm - mara Jun 30, 11:31
  - technically yes, but context is always a powerful tool in parsing such sentences. -- nm - TFox Jun 30, 11:30
- "Every day starts precisely at midnight..." -- (link) - mara Jun 30, 11:29
12:00:00 might belong to both. 12:00:01 and later belong to the new day. -- nm - ty97 Jun 30, 11:26 6
- 23:59:59 belongs to day 1, 00:00:00 belongs to day 2 -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Jun 30, 11:28
- The ball at Times Square drops at 12:00:00.0. -- nm - Reagen Jun 30, 11:28
- isn't it 00:00? -- nm - loosilu Jun 30, 11:27 3
  - 00:00 is the first second of the new day -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:28 2
    - Which is completely inconsistent with the way seconds and minutes are accumulated to form hours. -- nm - TWuG Jun 30, 11:31 1
      - the time between a second starts and ends is a second so - Danedukenuuk Jun 30, 11:35
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