Just had to submit something at school. Thinking I have plenty of time, I took it. I wanted to write a note along with the submission, so I took my time until like 23:59:20 when I hit submit.
The fuck you mean submission not possible past deadline? Why is it not the next day 0:00 if exclusive?
The difference from Time.is was +0.015 seconds (±0.067 seconds).
In HS I used to do such timing for comedic purposes, guess it won’t work here.
Without clarification, I always assume that a time limit like 23:59 will be at 23:59:00, not 23:59:59. Every program I’ve used for assignments since those platforms started to be a thing has followed this logic.
The logic my teachers always gave for using :59 instead of midnight was so that the assignment due date was not misleading, since midnight is technically part of the next day.
I learned the hard way that you really shouldn’t wait until the literal last minute. What if there’s a blip and your computer takes a couple of minutes to reconnect to the wifi? What if the upload fails and you need to retry? It’s just extra stress that you really don’t need.
Though I get that it’s not always possible to stay on top of things, hell my final-year project was half-finished when I graduated because I literally ran out of hours in the day…
I’ve seen assignments due at 23:59:59 to account for this. Different CMSes make different decisions about the way times work.
Either way it’s better than 0:00 IMO because that messes up people who look at due dates at a glance.
If the deadline is listed as 23:59, I would expect submission to become impossible at 23:59, not at 00:00 (or 23:59:59, as I guess you’re implying?)
or 23:59:59, as I guess you’re implying?)
Yep.
That’s how it used to work on the system we used in high school, and basically everywhere else that had some time limit, which is why “until the end of day” could be otherwise written as 23:59, or 23:59:59. Day doesn’t end at 23:59:00 yet.
Technically, yes, ms, ns,… those are all implied at maximum value.
in terms of mental health for students, it’s not helpful for time management nor sleep hygiene. Teachers/profs coming up with due dates should think “When is my or my coworker’s earliest class in the day? What’s the shortest reasonably healthy morning routine for the student to get there on time? How much sleep should healthy students be getting?” and put the deadline no later than some wisely chosen hour in the evening. That’s not midnight.
