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by jcrawfordor 1925 days ago
When I used to work in a 24/7 environment I would quip that "it's not tomorrow until the morning crew takes over." In a lot of practical situations I think it's easier for people to think about the early morning hours as being late the previous day. It tends to match shifts and reporting cycles better.
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It's not tomorrow until I've been to sleep. It's not the morning until I've had a cup of coffee. Time is incredibly subjective. Clocks need to agree, but nomenclature does not.
It's not really morning until the sun comes up ;-)
I had a software project where I thought I could infer which shift was working from the time (because shift-related metrics were really important). I learned very quickly that shift and time, though related, are really separate data points.