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Re: 0000 not 2400?
From: Paul Bryans
Date: 2004 Oct 19, 10:42 +0100
From: Paul Bryans
Date: 2004 Oct 19, 10:42 +0100
It is many years since my maths degree but in
mathmatical terms a day must be a set which is open at one end and closed at the
other since otherwise there would either be a gap or overlap, both of which are
impossible.
The issue is which is the closed end and,
logically, it must be the start of the day on 00:00:00. In other
words time can never get to 24:00:00 at the other end but only aproach it ever
closer until we are no longer able to measure the difference and the clock jumps
to 00:00:00 for the start of the next day.
All the rest of the conventions on time are just
confusing us when we need an accurate definition.
Paul Bryans
