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[–] echodot@feddit.uk 60 points 2 months ago (4 children)

If the day started at 1:00 then by the second hour you would be at 2:00, even though only 1 hour has passed. Effectively the day starts at 0. In fact in 24-hour time that is how it's depicted, 00:00 with midday being depicted as 12:00, so it isn't confusing

[–] Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Careful, there are Americans around

[–] LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Americans love units based on 12

[–] olafurp@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

In the roman empire the day/night cycle was divided into 24 segments. 12 for the day and 12 for the night which also meant a day hour in summer was longer than the night hour.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Which is also why I hate that our calendar starts at year 1.

[–] bampop@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

If the day started at 1:00 then by the second hour you would be at 2:00, even though only 1 hour has passed.

When the second day of the month starts, the day of the month is 2, even though only 1 day has passed.

I mean, numerically it does make sense to start at zero but it doesn't seem to correspond to the way people think and talk.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 2 months ago

Feel free to take it up with the Romans. It's their stupid calendar system.

I also take issue with there being 7 days in a week rather than 10, it's just messy.