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Old Mar 1, 2010 | 11:53 am
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Originally Posted by ralfp
Writing 24:00 is just begging for mixups.
Yes and no. When printing schedules and such, noting things that start on day one and carry over into the wee hours of day two as 08:00 - 25:00 is pretty clear. There are a number of places that do it that way and it isn't really all that bad. It does facilitate printing "daily" schedules in a more condensed and tabular form because the times are always just 4 digits (5 characters if you include the colon) rather than having to deal with needing space for the +1 or the abbreviation for the other day of the week.
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