[cab-discuss] election calendar decision reqd

[Casper.Dik at sun.com]

>On Tue, 27 Feb 2007, Casper.Dik at sun.com wrote:
>
>> >2. Use 23:59 as the ending time rather than 00:00.
>> 
>> Why not use 24:00; it's not as ugly as 23:59 and isn't ambiguous either.
>
>The pedant in me would point out that apart from the very occassional
>leap second, there's no such time as 24:00.  :-)  And I wouldn't agree
>that 23:59 is ambiguous.  It's a precise time, and the intent ("before
>Midnight") is clear.

No; 24:00 is a well-defined time meaning "the end of day".
(Or perhaps the time "epsilon" removed from 0:00 the next day)

(The leap second would be 23:59:60)

Casper