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Jun 14, 2013 · 作为Before的系列路，我终于在中年危机这里转了粉。Sunrise太甜，Sunset偏酸，只有Midnight酸甜苦辣都入了味。数度被台词戳中，我不得不一再提醒自己：那些只是台词，它们不是真的。
Dec 10, 2017 · The day usually starts at midnight, so "before Dec 10 midnight" usually is the same as "before Dec 10". "Before Dec 09 - 23:59:59" excludes one second. But people using such deadlines may see this differently.
Jan 5, 2018 · Worse still, the change in the date doesn't occur then, but occurs one hour earlier, between 11:59 pm (one minute before midnight) on one day and one minute after midnight on the next day. The only way I can see to make sense of this, viewed as a conventional mixed-radix place-value system, is to treat the 12 in "12 o'clock" as a special convention for the way to write a zero in that place.
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Mar 24, 2017 · Even the Latin is confusing, since Ante Meridian means before midday and Post Meridian means after midday. How can noon be before or after midday? And midnight is both before AND after midday. I find it much less ambiguous to use 12 noon or 12 midnight rather than using 12 AM or 12 PM to describe those times. Or use 12:01 am or 12:01 pm.
Dec 1, 2019 · In casual speech, you can leave out the word after before or after as long as you provided enough context with previous sentences or clauses. For example: I thought the event was on the 30th, but it turns out it was the night before. (before the 30th) On that day, his eyes were red. The day after, they were fine. (after that day)
Dec 8, 2017 · The term to use for the time from midnight until dawn depends on what you are doing. "Night" is sufficient if it is dark, but "early morning" can work if you are awake. Some other examples: Expressions like "the predawn hours" depend on when the sun rises for that location and time of year, which in some cases can be very early.
Aug 2, 2016 · The use of by midnight does change with I will be happy. Again the phrase gives the latest possible time by which the person will be happy. He could start to be happy one second after he says the sentence, or he could start to be happy at 23:59:59 (one second before midnight).
Oct 8, 2023 · Favourite would be a plain 'midnight', if context disambiguated, as it normally would: Hello, John. You've made good time getting home. I wasn't waiting up for you; I started to read a new book around midnight as I didn't feel at all tired. If absolutely necessary to add clarity, I'd use 'midnight just gone'. The news came through at midnight ...
Dec 9, 2014 · If the restaurant closes after midnight, then the doors shut at 12:01am or later. Colloquially, I would also say: "The restaurant doesn't close until midnight" - but note there the focus is on the time before midnight, not midnight itself. I would also say, the restaurant doesn't close until 11pm.
