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Time is math I think (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I mean when looking at numbers:
| . | . | . | . | . | . | |

| | 1100pm | 1159pm | 1200am | 1259am | 0100am | ... | | 1100am | 1159am | 1200pm | 1259pm | 0100pm | ... | | 2300~24h~ | 2359~24h~ | 0000~24h~ | 0059~24h~ | 0100~24h~ | ... | | 1100~24h~ | 1159~24h~ | 1200~24h~ | 1259~24h~ | 1300~24h~ | ... |

Too much confusion.

Even NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US) suggests:

To avoid ambiguity, specification of an event as occurring on a particular day at 11:59 p.m. or 12:01 a.m. is a good idea, especially legal documents such as contracts and insurance policies. Another option would be to use 24-hour clock, using the designation of 0000 to refer to midnight at the beginning of a given day (or date) and 2400 to designate the end of a given day (or date).

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I didn't want to imply that the use of the 12 hour system should be prefered in any way. Just that the division into AM and PM follows some logic. Its just the numbering 12, 1, 2,... that's weird.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago

I like your reply. I think it's a source of all problems.