In message <20130227054857(_dot_)GD7506(_at_)mx1(_dot_)yitter(_dot_)info>,
Andrew Sullivan writes:
On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 01:31:12PM -0900, Melinda Shore wrote:
it's 23:59 + 1 minute, which is clear. But I really
think "24:00" is confusing. 0:00 is clearer. I'm
wondering if they're trying to work around some ferkakte
piece of software.
I don't think so. ISO (ISO 8601) seems to think that "24:00" refers
to the very end of the day, and "00:00" refers to the very beginning
of the next day. So there's a conceptual distinction involved.
A
And to avoid confusion many places use 23:59:59 as end of trading day.
Mark
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