time type

[Ancient Sim]

I've never understood why anyone gets confused with the midnight/noon situation.  0000 is midnight, 1200 is noon, it's as simple as that.  0001 is 1 minute past midnight and 1201 is 1 minute past noon.  If you think of it as the day starting at midnight, it might be easier to remember - when it starts, it's at nothing (0000), by the time you get to noon the day is halfway through (1200).  Theoretically, midnight is also 2400, but that doesn't exist because by the time the clock reaches it, a new day has started.  This, of course, means that the previous day never really ends, which is why time is so peculiar.

[RainbowTigress]

I like that explanation, Ancient Sim.  I think I'll go with that.

[ZephyrZodiac]

Well, it's like New Year's Eve, isn't it - for 24 hours, somewhere around the world is celebrating the New Year!

And what about those people who get a double birthday because they fross the international dateline in the backward direction?  (But do they get two sets of presents?)