Originally Posted by
jspira
This is why the use of the 12-hour clock is fraught with peril. If the message had been created using a 24-hour clock ("We will hold your reservation ontil 24:00 Monday, 1 March...") there is no doubt that 24:00 was one minute after 23:59 on 1.3.
Yeah, but is "1.3" March 1 or January 3?
Anyway, a better solution would be to set a minimum 32 hour deadline: noon CT the day after tomorrow. No ambiguity there. ^ CO can play up the extra 12 hours as a competitive perk, like they do gruel at meal times.
