If something expires at "12:00 am" on September 20th, is that the second after 11:59:59 pm on 9/19? Or is it the second before 12:00:01 am on 9/21?
2006-09-19 11:09:10 · 27 answers · asked by Lina R 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
It is both; today and tomorrow.
2006-09-19 11:11:36 · answer #1 · answered by ☻Cool Beans☺ 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It is the second after 11:59:59 on 9/19.
2006-09-19 11:17:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
midnight is 12 am the next day. If you are talking tonight, then 12 will be 12:00:00 am September 20, 2006
2006-09-19 11:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by hello_kitty_2004 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically Midnight is the start of a new day.
As for offer expirations, though, they usually speak to laymen who think of midnight as the end of the day. The public's "common use" of terms is often ignorant, and usually marketers play to the ignorant masses rather than being technically accurate.
If a midnight deadline is really important, it's good to verify with the company running the promotion. Or, often the fine print will clarify the deadline.
2006-09-19 11:27:18 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
12:00:00 is tomorrow. Unless it is actually 12:00:00, then it is today.
2006-09-19 11:14:14 · answer #5 · answered by Kelli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the second after 11:59:59 p.m. technically. It is 12 a.m. not p.m. Midnight=a.m. Noon=p.m.
2006-09-19 11:13:48 · answer #6 · answered by chaoticmagician 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
12 pm is concidered noon and 12am is concidered midnight. So if something expires at 12 am then its midnight of that day.
So it expires at 12am Midnight on the 20th.
2006-09-19 14:08:05 · answer #7 · answered by ~♥ L ♥~ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
tomorrow; the moment the clock ticks "12:00 am," it is a new day. technically it is called "mid night," as in the middle of the *night*, but it is really tomorrow morning.
2006-09-19 11:15:20 · answer #8 · answered by melon_rose 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's in the interpretation of you question. Everyone is right. And if, I was in a different time zone, the answer, also would be different. As for when this question is over, that will be up to Yahoo's interpretation of three days.
2006-09-19 12:48:45 · answer #9 · answered by wen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second after midnight is tomorrow.
2006-09-19 11:12:21 · answer #10 · answered by redunicorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's in the middle of the 2 hence the term MID-night
2006-09-19 14:20:57 · answer #11 · answered by Just Dance 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋