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Lack of 'evening' fail.
More on point, I generally don't use today and tonight unless someones pointedly asks for disambiguation.
ie, - 'I know you said 5, but is it 5 today or 5 tomorrow.'
And yes, I generally converse assuming a date and time are sufficient. ie, if you aren't about the current day, the standard is, say, 'next week on Wednesday the 20th somewhere around 5 p.m.'
If push came shove, though, I'd say
Dawn - from whatever your sunrise time and 1/2 hours thereafter.
Morning - end of Dawn to Noon
Afternoon - Noon to 4 or 5 p.m.
Evening - p.m. [ie, start of local 'evening' news] to end of daylight
Maybe there should add in 'Dusk.'
Night - full dark to dawn.
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Last edited by Baby Lee; 08-19-2012 at 08:18 PM..
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