" The beginning of things – when is it exactly? Astrid Smart wants to know. (Astrid Smart. Astrid
Berenski. Astrid Smart. Astrid Berenski.) 5.04 a.m. on the substandard clock radio.
Because why do people always say the day starts now? Really it starts in the middle of
the night at a fraction of a second past midnight. But it’s not supposed to have begun
until the dawn, really the dark is still last night and it isn’t morning till the light,
though actually it was morning as soon as it was even a fraction of a second past
twelve i.e. "

― Ali Smith , The Accidental