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[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 14 points 5 days ago

Is this "crappy"? I'd assume it's meant to indicate "next day". In 24 hour time systems, you might see 25:00, 26:00 etc to do the same.

[-] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 5 days ago

I have never in my life seen anyone write the next day as e.g. 25:00.

It would be rather something like 1:00+1 or whatever.

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 10 points 5 days ago
[-] ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 4 days ago

Interesting, just a Japan thing then or is this used in other places?

[-] Lumidaub@feddit.org 6 points 4 days ago

Don't know, tbh, I've seen it in Japan and kind of figured it might exist elsewhere too. Since OP provided no further context, I thought I'd mention it.

[-] mbfalzar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 days ago

Ever since I saw it in Japan I realized that it's just the best way. It eliminates all confusion about what "1am Tuesday" means. And 27:59 rolling into 4:00, or 28:59 rolling into 5:00, makes perfect sense since 4-5am is a normal sunrise time most of the year in Japan

[-] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 0 points 4 days ago

I would think a possibility is that it's from a dataset where the data wasn't recorded properly so they are unsure as to whether it was am or pm but didn't want to throw out the data point.

[-] Buffman@lemmy.world -3 points 5 days ago

It means the bus comes at the same time am and pm.

[-] JimVanDeventer@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

It doesn't. It means AM but it's not the bus driver's bedtime yet so it's not really morning. But your misunderstanding is valid because this is a goofy way of communicating this information.

[-] Buffman@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Where I live, it does mean that and it’s a concise way of communicating it.

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