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Whoever invented the 12-hour clock never doubted that people will always know if it's day or night (piefed.zip)
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[–] 3 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Have you noticed how common it is for buses and trains to leave at 23:59? The idea is to make it clear what evening the train is really running.

In Finnish we call noon "12 o'clock" and midnight "0 o'clock". Makes things a lot more clear.
And the first hour of a calendar day is indeed 0:00 until 0:59:59.99.. Since there are only 24 hours in a day, there cannot be a "24:30". (Except in internal timetables of bus companies, that typically run until 30 o'clock, as it still officially counts as the same working day)

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Since there are only 24 hours in a day, there cannot be a "24:30".

    Japan has something to say about that: 30-hour day time — clock doesn't wrap if it's a continuation of a previous day

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  • [–] 2 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    So does Finland:

    (Except in internal timetables of bus companies, that typically run until 30 o’clock, as it still officially counts as the same working day)

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    So you call them 2 different things. Good. Now imagine doing the same for all the other numbers in between. That is what I get by "speaking 24 hours". And it takes less sillables.

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