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Originally Posted by Buff
Correct, but technically speaking midnight is 12:00:00, and technically speaking 12:00:00 is the start of the day. 11:59:59 is the end of the day.
Technically speaking Tuesday at midnight is 12:00:00 or 00:00:00 if you prefer military time. Thus making my words mean that I was doing maintenance 24 hours before I meant to say. However, I don't know of many people (save the one co-worker) who thinks of it in this manner.
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Their (your coworker) etymology of the word midnight is malformed. Mid-night is obviously a contraction of middle of the night, and as such, if you were speaking of Tuesday @ 12:00:00 AM or 00:00:00 would clearly indicate Tuesday morning, and monday at midnight/end of night.
(Since it is the beginning of the day, and cannot be the middle of Tuesday's night, it is the middle of monday's night, when one day slips into the next)
Really, it would depend on what the interpretation of midnight is, either the middle of the night, or 12:00 AM. If the person is sticking to the numeric version really strongly, they should go out and see movies where people don't say what they mean, nor act what they say.