Thanks alexia - at least now I know!!

I also agree with Flame, to save further confusion, i've amended the comps page and changed it to midnight on Wednesday!

I agree with Flamespar - but in the case of a competition, I'd check with the organisers ... but then again, I'm so competitive, I'd have entered loooong before then anyway

00000000 is everything resetting so is clearly the start, and not the end of anythin

haha - I am glad to see that everybody else is as confused as i am!!!!

I did this earlier, Tigerschick (post at 1302) - 0100 comes at the end of the first hour, so 0000 or 2400 comes at the end of the 24th hour, before it goes on into the first minute of the next day:

235958 - 235959 - 000000 (end of day 1)
000001 (start of day 2)

If a competition closes at "12am Wednesday" I would clarify with the organisers which end of Wednesday they mean

I'd say that exactly midnight is the beginning of the next day.
235959 is the last second of, say, Tuesday and 000000 is the first second of, say, Wednesday. A minute is 60 seconds so, if you start with 0 you get to 60 on 59 ... IYSWIM
You are counting the end of the second/minute/hour etc.
It's the same as when you say your age. You are 1 at the end of your first year ...

I don't think I'm making much sense, am I???

I think it's half a second in (or something like that...) then it's the following day e.g. 11.59pm is weds night then 12.00am is wednesday until half a second in then it's Thursday

Could be completely wrong of course!!

for comps, your still in the draw if your entering 12.00am or before (11.59pm)

Basically you have until midnight on Wednesday

have i confused the hell out of everyone yet? I've confused myself

Doesn't mean much though we celebrated the new millennium a year out too

think about new years eve/day .as soon as clock strikes midnight thats the beginning of a new year