At Midnight my clock says 00:00

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So, why is it 00:23 and not 24:23?

I know that there are only 24 hours in a day but why can't it be the 24th hour and then minutes past it?

00:00 seems like nothing. :smile:
 

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You need to set it to the 12 hour clock.:smile:

Nonsense. This is another European cultural point that's much more sensible than its US counterpart. They do need to do away with that metric nonsense, though.


So, why is it 00:23 and not 24:23?

I know that there are only 24 hours in a day but why can't it be the 24th hour and then minutes past it?

We index time from zero, so 24:23 would be in the 25th hour...there is no 25th hour. I suspect you already know this, however...even the Welsh aren't this oblivious. :tongue:
 
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So, why is it 00:23 and not 24:23?

I know that there are only 24 hours in a day but why can't it be the 24th hour and then minutes past it?

00:00 seems like nothing. :smile:
Because, it's not. :12:

Nonsense. This is another European cultural point that's much more sensible than its US counterpart. They do need to do away with that metric nonsense, though.
You are such a snarky beeyotch today, are you on the rag?
 

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00:00 means no time, which clearly doesn't exist, or did the Buddhists sneak this one in?

Of course it exists, in the sense that any human construct for measuring a naturally continuous phenomenon exists.

00:00:00.0000 simply marks the instant in time when the people of the earth observe the beginning of a new day on the calendar. Though you clock will not update its display for a full second (or perhaps a full minute), time itself progresses ceaselessly. You might still see all zeroes, but after the blink of an eye the time is actually 00:00:00.20, etc., etc...the reading just means you're presently living the initial minute of a new day.

My question is, how the hell did you notice this? One would hope that as midnight rolls around, your attention would be focused elsewhere... :biggrin1:

Now look you boyo :tongue: Wales is the perfect place for an existential paradox. Don't you get Torchwood?

Sure...everytime I stick it in a hot box. :tongue:
 

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00:00 means no time, which clearly doesn't exist, or did the Buddhists sneak this one in?

It's not though. It's just that your clock doesn't display all the whole seconds, tenths, hundredths, thousandths, millionths, etc. of seconds or nanoseconds during that one minute where your clock is displaying 00:00. If you want greater display accuracy, buy a clock which has more place displays.