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What's the time, Mr Wolf? (lemmy.ml)
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[–] Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It's probably that way because the system of time predates the invention of zero as a concept by a millennia or two.

[–] EarMaster@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Everyone here assumes that midnight=12a.m. is valid everywhere but in a lot languages this is not the case (German and French just to name two). So maybe this is just something weird English speaking people do...