[RedShift1]

> book a flight on Wednesday 1:20am, head to the airport on Wednesday evening because they think “well the flight is on Wednesday right”, and find out that it is actually Thursday after midnight.

This bit here, I don't understand what Thursday is supposed to do here. If my flight leaves Wednesday at 1:20 AM, I'm leaving for the airport Tuesday evening.

But if I'm interpreting OP correctly, people are booking flights for Wednesday 1:20 AM but leaving for the airport Wednesday evening? Why would you be confused about that?

[Dylan16807]

You don't see why people would confuse "Wednesday in the middle of the night" with "Wednesday night"?

[RedShift1]

But the ticket doesn't say "in the middle of the night" or "night", it just has the date and time.

[Dylan16807]

People read 1am and then they think and remember "middle of the night"

So if you happen to think of it as "middle of the night, specifically 1am", and you fall into mental shortcuts a little bit too hard, oops you might end up there on the wrong day.

[lokar]

People do it all the time