# Low Tech Deadline Reminder

**URL:** <https://forum.beeminder.com/t/low-tech-deadline-reminder/4909>\
**Category:** Akrasia\
**Created:** [February 8, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/low-tech-deadline-reminder/4909 "2019-02-08T13:24:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![phi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/phi/32/2586_2.png) [@phi](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/phi)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/low-tech-deadline-reminder/4909/1 "2019-02-08T13:24:00Z")

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I got this big ol clock hanging directly in front of me and recently moved a goal deadline from midnight to 10pm and then promptly forgot that I did that the next day. I then further moved it ahead to 9pm. To prevent me forgetting I did that, I came up with this low-tech impromptu solution:

 ![Image%202](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/uploads/beeminder/original/2X/0/035da5847fc24323ae99fdff6a4611ac04a2c775.jpeg)  
It is embarrassingly simple. And it works surprisingly well.  
Do you have any similar silly solutions?

(I did look up whether midnight is 12am or 12pm for you 12hr clock people. Turns out [it’s neither!](http://www.npl.co.uk/reference/faqs/is-midnight-12-am-or-12-pm-faq-time))

(I made the label with a cheap €5 manual label printer. I love those labels!)

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**Author:** ![zedmango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zedmango](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zedmango)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 3:39pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/low-tech-deadline-reminder/4909/2 "2019-02-08T15:39:24Z")

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> [@phi](#):
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> I did look up whether midnight is 12am or 12pm for you 12hr clock people.

12am is always midnight and 12pm is always noon.

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**Author:** ![phi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/phi/32/2586_2.png) [@phi](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/phi)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/low-tech-deadline-reminder/4909/3 "2019-02-08T16:16:04Z")

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Yes that’s the widespread expectation. But did you read the linked article from the national physics laboratory? It’s a bit more complicated than that, apparently.

Note to myself: Click “Reply” when you’re done. Not before. 😐

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**Author:** ![zedmango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c67d28/32.png) [@zedmango](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/zedmango)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 6:45pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/low-tech-deadline-reminder/4909/4 "2019-02-08T18:45:51Z")

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Here’s the American take on it: 🇺🇸

> **[Times of Day FAQs](https://www.nist.gov/pml/time-and-frequency-division/times-day-faqs)**
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> What time

But in practice, when using any kind of digital display or electronic time system, 12am is midnight and 12pm is noon.

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**Author:** ![mary](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.beeminder.com/mary/32/317_2.png) [@mary](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/mary)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/low-tech-deadline-reminder/4909/5 "2019-02-08T19:20:06Z")

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I love this.

It’s brilliant, and simple, and easy-to-set-up, and inexpensive and I love it.