Comment by 🗡️ The_Jackal
Re: "I've heard some clocks have an option for it, but how come…"
@fairlygood I think I misread about some clocks showing 24:00 and then rolling over to 00:00 or 00:01 like you said and thought it said some have 24:00 as an option.
Apr 04 · 5 weeks ago
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🗡️ The_Jackal [OP, Weapons dealer, possibly mutant killer] · Apr 04 at 00:13:
@tacomanator I for one wouldn't mind 24 being an hour because the end marks the beginning and...because my pseudo-OCD is making me itchy about the '24 hour clock' not having a 24th hour on it, okay?!
🍵 tacomanator · Apr 04 at 02:58:
@The_Jackal lol.. the clock is zero indexed so can’t be helped. Maybe you would like a clock that starts from 01:00 😂
24:00 is sometimes used when you want to be very explicit and clear, for example in intervals, eg: Monday to Friday 10:00 to 24:00.
That said, I've never seen a clock actually displaying "24:00".
🗡️ The_Jackal [OP, Weapons dealer, possibly mutant killer] · Apr 04 at 03:03:
@tacomanator Hmm nyesss. We will start an entirely new clock system to satisfy my bizarre personal irk at once!
The only clock that do do that are ones in some videogames, like Rune Factory 4 for example.
Let’s just compromise and run our clocks ~4% faster so we get full 25 hour days like God intended. You get your 24 on the clock, and we get to divide the day cleanly into five even periods: night, morning, brunch, afternoon, evening. Cafe culture will be revitalised, and programmers will enjoy steady employment fixing all the datetime libraries forevermore.
❤️ fairlygood · Apr 04 at 18:48:
And while we’re at it, move to the International Fixed Calendar:
🗡️ The_Jackal [OP, Weapons dealer, possibly mutant killer] · Apr 04 at 20:33:
@fairlygood Perhaps.
📻 Christopher · Apr 05 at 03:56:
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”.
🗡️ The_Jackal [OP, Weapons dealer, possibly mutant killer] · 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, Weapons dealer, possibly mutant killer] · 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.