[Wikimedia-l] Office hours for VisualEditor

[Newyorkbrad]

Are you saying that our extensive discussion of the meaning of 0000 counts
for naught?

Newyorkbrad


On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 11:56 AM, Michael Snow <wikipedia at frontier.com>wrote:

> On 10/30/2013 8:39 AM, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
>
>> On 10/30/2013 11:20 AM, Risker wrote:
>>
>>> Just to clarify, since 0000 UTC is a confusing time for most of us
>>>
>> {{cn}}
>>
>> I've heard that said very often (that 00:00 is somehow confusing to many
>> people), but I've yet to actually see someone being actually confused by
>> it.
>>
>> There is exactly one minute labeled 00:00 in every day, and that is
>> unambiguously the first of the day.
>>
> It ought to be straightforward, yes, since in numeric sequences 00:00
> clearly comes before other possible time values, and therefore is not
> nearly as confusing as, say, 12:00 (is noon AM and midnight PM, or is it
> the other way around?). However, it is definitely possible to overthink
> things, and as this conversation demonstrates, of all the faults of which
> our community is capable, overthinking things is one of the easiest for us
> to fall into.
>
> --Michael Snow
>
>
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