2007-02-27 07:29:17 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
12:00:00 midnight, is 12:00:00am, which means its the next day. It is also written as 0:00:00 in military time, which is more proof.
2007-02-27 07:34:15 · answer #1 · answered by Tom B 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At the same instant, one day finishes and the other starts. That instant is 12:00 midnight exactly.
But its so, if you are referring to the hour on one of the 24 time zones there are in the world. Starting at Greenwich.
If you are not situated exactly over one of those 24 meridians, then, according to real solar time, the new day may start sometime before or after, with a maximum spread of 30 minutes.
2007-02-27 08:08:44 · answer #2 · answered by robertonereo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't think of midnight as a second of time, think of it as a temporal boundary line. Crossing that line marks the beginning of a new day. So 11:59:59.99999999 is Monday, 12:00:00.00000001 is Tuesday. 12:00:00 is a line of no duration.
2007-02-27 08:46:21 · answer #3 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the instant of midnight occurs and you see (a very accurate) clock change to 00:00, it is already the next day because the passing time is infinitesimal.
2007-02-27 07:38:15 · answer #4 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically it's an infinitesimally small amount of time after midnight.
So it isn't 12:00:00 or 00:00:01
2007-02-27 07:34:13 · answer #5 · answered by Brian K² 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well think of it this way if 12:00 PM is noon than midnight stats the new AM PM cycle.
http://groups.google.com/group/neat-astronomy?hl=en
2007-02-27 08:28:25 · answer #6 · answered by chase 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, midnight is the end of the previous day. 1 second after is the start of a new one.
2007-02-27 07:31:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I don't consider it a new day until I get out of bed. If you work past midnight, are you starting a new day, or finishing the previous one?
2007-02-27 07:38:56 · answer #8 · answered by Crossed Sabers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Midnight is the start of the new day.
2007-02-27 07:34:40 · answer #9 · answered by Stan the Rocker 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
12 AM
2007-02-27 07:31:32 · answer #10 · answered by Keenu 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋