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In response to "Does midnight belong to the day before or the day after?" by prayformojo

12:00:00 might belong to both. 12:00:01 and later belong to the new day. -- nm

Posted by ty97 Jun 30 '11, 11:26

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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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