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Uhh.. It means 00:00 - 12:00, every Sunday. From midnight to noon. The first half of the day.

yeukhon 9y ago
More specifically, Eastern Time, for those not familiar with U.S. timezones.
croon 9y ago
> Uhh.. It means 00:00 - 12:00, every Sunday. From midnight to noon. The first half of the day. Perhaps likely, but it's not as obvious as your phrasing makes it out to be. > To avoid confusion in, for example, an insurance certificate, it is always better to use the 24-hour clock, when 12:00 is 12 noon and, for example, 24:00 Sunday or 00:00 Monday both mean 12 midnight Sunday/Monday. It is common in transport timetables to use 23:59 Sunday or 00:01 Monday (in this example), or 11:59 p.m. or 12:01 a.m., to further reduce confusion. > There are no standards established for the meaning of 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. It is often said that 12 a.m. Monday is midnight on Monday morning and 12 p.m. is midday. http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/faqs/is-midnight-12-am-or-12-pm-faq-time http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/faqs/is-midnight-12-am-or-12-... It wouldn't cost them anything to be more explicit.
- astura 9y ago
  We are talking about America, not the UK. "Sundays, 12am-12pm" has a well established meaning in the US. It's ambiguity in the UK (or elsewhere) is irreverent to a US audience. We should all move to 24 hour time, yes, there's absolutely no disagreements from me there. AM/PM confusion is completely unnecessary. However, 24 hour time is not used for anything in the US outside of a few industries (military, aviation, probably transportation). Not even train or bus schedules are given to the public in 24 hour time in the US (in my experience). If you used 24 hour time for anything at all while communicating with the general public you will confuse people. Especially the elderly. 00:00 is complete jibberish to the average American, so in this case they did the right thing given the audience. We do some (paper) logging at work and a (larger than I imagined) percentage of the workforce (including most people older than 50%) were very, very confused by it. (Even though the instructions are the very simple "if it's after noon add 12 to the hour.")
- DonHopkins 9y ago
  It would cost them confusion to be more explicit, so they were as inexplicit and confusing as possible. And the more confusion, the fewer people will sign up, because confused people will plan their schedules around the wrong time. It's a brilliantly executed dark pattern! You'd think Karl Rove was still calling the shots.

More specifically, Eastern Time, for those not familiar with U.S. timezones.

> Uhh.. It means 00:00 - 12:00, every Sunday. From midnight to noon. The first half of the day. Perhaps likely, but it's not as obvious as your phrasing makes it out to be. > To avoid confusion in, for example, an insurance certificate, it is always better to use the 24-hour clock, when 12:00 is 12 noon and, for example, 24:00 Sunday or 00:00 Monday both mean 12 midnight Sunday/Monday. It is common in transport timetables to use 23:59 Sunday or 00:01 Monday (in this example), or 11:59 p.m. or 12:01 a.m., to further reduce confusion. > There are no standards established for the meaning of 12 a.m. and 12 p.m. It is often said that 12 a.m. Monday is midnight on Monday morning and 12 p.m. is midday. http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/faqs/is-midnight-12-am-or-12-pm-faq-time http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/faqs/is-midnight-12-am-or-12-... It wouldn't cost them anything to be more explicit.

astura 9y ago
We are talking about America, not the UK. "Sundays, 12am-12pm" has a well established meaning in the US. It's ambiguity in the UK (or elsewhere) is irreverent to a US audience. We should all move to 24 hour time, yes, there's absolutely no disagreements from me there. AM/PM confusion is completely unnecessary. However, 24 hour time is not used for anything in the US outside of a few industries (military, aviation, probably transportation). Not even train or bus schedules are given to the public in 24 hour time in the US (in my experience). If you used 24 hour time for anything at all while communicating with the general public you will confuse people. Especially the elderly. 00:00 is complete jibberish to the average American, so in this case they did the right thing given the audience. We do some (paper) logging at work and a (larger than I imagined) percentage of the workforce (including most people older than 50%) were very, very confused by it. (Even though the instructions are the very simple "if it's after noon add 12 to the hour.")
DonHopkins 9y ago
It would cost them confusion to be more explicit, so they were as inexplicit and confusing as possible. And the more confusion, the fewer people will sign up, because confused people will plan their schedules around the wrong time. It's a brilliantly executed dark pattern! You'd think Karl Rove was still calling the shots.