On Sat, Feb 22, 2020, 10:47 Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@freenet.de> wrote:
On 2/20/20 8:04 PM, Mohan Boddu wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> It has been brought to our attention that release freezes starting at
> 00:00 UTC has been confusing for a lot of people. So, we decided to
> change it to 14:00 UTC.

This longs for an explanation.

I fail to understand why 14:00 UTC should be less confusing than 00:00
UTC. Seems like planless bikesheding to me.

Ralf

I assume 00:00 UTC was confusing for people used to the AM/PM (12h) time format instead of the 24h format.

For people used to 24h clocks, it's completely obvious that 00:00 is the beginning of the day, and 24:00 is the end of the day (= equivalent to 00:00 of the following day).

Whereas with 12h clocks, I think midnight is 12:00 PM, and noon is 12:00 AM? Which is still confusing me after having known about it for decades.

Fabio