24hourclock

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The24hourclockistheconventionoftimekeepinginwhichthedayrunsfrommidnighttomidnightandisdividedinto24hours,indicatedbythehourspassedsincemidnight,from0to23.Thissystemis
24hour 12hour
themostcommonlyusedtimenotationintheworldtoday,[1]andisusedbyinternationalstandardISO8601.[2]Inthepracticeofmedicine,the24hourclockisgenerallyusedindocumentationofcareasit clock clock
preventsanyambiguityastowheneventsoccurredinapatient'smedicalhistory.[3]ItispopularlyreferredtoasmilitarytimeintheUnitedStates,[4]anglophoneCanada,andahandfulofothercountries[1]
12:00midnight
wherethe12hourclockisstilldominant. 00:00
(startoftheday)
01:00 1:00a.m.
02:00 2:00a.m.
Contents
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1 Description 04:00 4:00a.m.
1.1 Midnight00:00and24:00 05:00 5:00a.m.
1.2 Timesafter24:00
2 Computersupport 06:00 6:00a.m.
3 Militarytime 07:00 7:00a.m.
4 History
08:00 8:00a.m.
5 Seealso
6 References 09:00 9:00a.m.
7 Externallinks 10:00 10:00a.m.
11:00 11:00a.m.
12:00 12:00noon*
Description
13:00 1:00p.m.
Atimeofdayiswritteninthe24hournotationintheformhh:mm(forexample01:23)orhh:mm:ss(forexample,01:23:45),wherehh(00to23)isthenumberoffullhours 14:00 2:00p.m.
thathavepassedsincemidnight,mm(00to59)isthenumberoffullminutesthathavepassedsincethelastfullhour,andss(00to59)isthenumberofsecondssincethelast 15:00 3:00p.m.
fullminute.Inthecaseofaleapsecond,thevalueofssmayextendto60.Aleadingzeroisaddedfornumbersunder10.Thiszeroisoptionalforthehours,butvery
16:00 4:00p.m.
commonlyusedincomputerapplications,wheremanyspecificationsrequireit(forexample,ISO8601).
17:00 5:00p.m.
Wheresubsecondresolutionisrequired,thesecondscanbeadecimalfractionthatis,thefractionalpartfollowsadecimaldotorcomma,asin01:23:45.678.Themost 18:00 6:00p.m.
commonlyusedseparatorsymbolbetweenhours,minutesandsecondsisthecolon,whichisalsothesymbolusedinISO8601.Inthepast,someEuropeancountriesusedthe
dotonthelineasaseparator,butmostnationalstandardsontimenotationhavesincethenbeenchangedtotheinternationalstandardcolon.Insomecontexts(includingthe 19:00 7:00p.m.
U.S.militaryandsomecomputerprotocols),noseparatorisusedandtimesarewrittenas,forexample,"2359". 20:00 8:00p.m.
21:00 9:00p.m.
22:00 10:00p.m.
23:00 11:00p.m.
(midnight)*
24:00
ARussian24hourwatchfor (endoftheday)
polarexpeditionsfrom1969, *See"Confusion
madebySovietwatchmaker atnoonandmidnight"
Raketa.Polarnightsordays
makeitnecessarytousea
24hourscaleinsteadof12.

Midnight00:00and24:00

Inthe24hourtimenotation,thedaybeginsatmidnight,00:00,andthelastminuteofthedaybeginsat23:59.Whereconvenient,thenotation24:00mayalsobeusedtorefertomidnightattheendofagivendate[5]thatis,24:00of
onedayisthesametimeas00:00ofthefollowingday.