Comment by 📻 Christopher
Re: "I've heard some clocks have an option for it, but how come…"
Adding on to what @fideo said, schedules (e.g., for movies or TV shows or public transport) will sometimes look like “23:00–25:00”.
Apr 05 · 5 weeks ago
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🗡️ The_Jackal [OP] · Apr 05 at 04:09:
@Christopher I think I've heard of this too. Doesn't Japan do it in some places?
24 hours in a day, so split it up into two sections of the 12 'morning hours' and 12 'evening and night' hours (A.M. and P. M.), or just count each hour in the day.
i'm okay with that part, but my concern is that we start at twelve. the morning hours go 12, 1, 2, ..., 11 then the evening hours go 12, 1, 2, ..., 11.
🗡️ The_Jackal [OP] · Apr 08 at 17:14:
@lamb-duh I'm sure nobody would want to swap over and I don't deny that'd I'd have trouble getting used to it. However, 1 am to 12 am and 1 pm to 12 pm just makes sense to me, now that I think of it.
Original Post
I've heard some clocks have an option for it, but how come we usually use 00:00 on the 24 hour clock instead of 24:00 at the end of the day? I can see that that might give the impression it's still the previous calendar day instead of a new one, but I still wonder.