Hi Melinda,
On 2013-02-26 23:31 Melinda Shore said:
On 2/26/13 1:25 PM, Paul E. Jones wrote:
Seriously, what the heck is 24:00?
That one is weird, no doubt about it, but ultimately
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.
No, it's just trying to provide a time indication that people
will easily interpret correctly. Trying out the correct
notation (using 00:00 and the following date) on people
during informal testing, I found that people were much more
prone to interpret that as the deadline being 24 hours later
than was intended.
I can of course make it 23:59 to be both correct and easily
read, if the powers-that-be will permit a one-second shift in
actual deadline time.
Best regards,
Henrik