When, how and why did we decide that the day should start from midnight instead of 6am?

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When, how and why did we decide that the day should start from midnight instead of 6am?

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Iirc, it’s sort of based on ancient guard rotations. The first rotation at sun up, second at sun high, third at sun down, fourth at a random spot in between down and up

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