It's not confusing for us Europeans since we use 24 hour clocks. Midnight is 00. However I did not understand the reason the 24 hour clock caught on until now.

It's not confusing for us Europeans since we use 24 hour clocks. Midnight is 00. However I did not understand the reason the 24 hour clock caught on until now. TV schedules use 24 hour clocks to avoid this ambiguity.