Poll of idle curiosity
May. 31st, 2011 08:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
If I were to say something will last until the 31st May what would you think I meant?
That it will stop at the beginning of the 31st.
0 (0.0%)
That it will stop at some point in the day, maybe at close of business.
3 (25.0%)
That it will stop at the end of the 31st.
9 (75.0%)
Something else that I will explain in a comment.
0 (0.0%)
If I refer to midnight on the 31st May, which do I mean?
The boundary between 30th May and the 31st
2 (16.7%)
The boundary between 31st May and the 1st June.
10 (83.3%)
Is midnight?
The beginning of the day.
1 (8.3%)
The end of the day.
9 (75.0%)
Something else that I will explain in a comment.
2 (16.7%)
Where are you from?
Britain
8 (66.7%)
North America
2 (16.7%)
Europe
1 (8.3%)
The Rest of the World ;-)
1 (8.3%)
It's Complicated
0 (0.0%)
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Date: 2011-05-31 08:07 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2011-05-31 08:48 pm (UTC)So many people use the term midnight with either meaning that I'm inclined to believe nothing. I note that car insurance often gets around this with wording like "cover begins at 0:01 on [date]".
My dad had (possibly still has) a digital clock that went from 23:59 to 24:00 to 0:01...
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