Re: [LEAPSECS] 24:00 versus 00:00

From: Clive D.W. Feather <clive_at_DEMON.NET>
Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 05:58:38 +0000

Markus Kuhn said:
> Writing "24:00" to terminate a time interval at exactly midnight is
> pretty common practice and is even sanctioned by ISO 8601.

> See for example the railway timetable on
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-hour_clock
>
> where trains arrive at 24:00 but depart at 00:00.

Usual UK railway practice is to use 00:00 throughout in timetables,
including internal ones.

However, London Underground does print 24:00 on a ticket issued at
midnight, and in fact continues up to 27:30 (such tickets count as being
issued on the previous day for validity purposes, and this helps to
reinforce it).

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