Is it me?

[flowrider]

My car insurance for last year ended on 4th November at midnight so when i searched for quotes i put the start date as 5th November, Admiral was the best price so i purchased this years insurance with them to start on 5th November but according to ASKMID today my car is not insured! When i look at the Admiral certificate they have the start as 00:00 on 5th November which is actually tonight at midnight so all of today i have not had any insurance! Thats madness, if i say i want the start date to be the 5th i expect it to be from 00:01 on the 5th not 00:00 which is less than 1 minute before the 6th. Is it me!

 

[EmilysDad]

It's not you. I'd have assumed the same as you .....

 

[Ken_R]

I don't think it is midnight [on the 5th], as that would have been 2400 hours. I'd interpret 00,00 hours [on the 5th] as being the commencement of that day.

Databases do take a time to catch up, especially of a weekend.

 

[flowrider]

I don't think it is midnight [on the 5th], as that would have been 2400 hours. I'd interpret 00,00 hours [on the 5th] as being the commencement of that day.

Databases do take a time to catch up, especially of a weekend.

I see an inconsistency, the Admiral insurance starts on 5th Nov 2017 at 00:00 and expires on 5th Nov 2018 at 00:00 but my RAC insurance on my ML states start 25th June 2017 at 00:00 and expires on 24th June 2018 at 00:59. I think insurance companies should use the same date fornat to avoid confusion.

I've never looked closely at the timings before but i was surprised that ASKMID said my car was not insured.

 

[Frosty149]

Like you, if I say on the 5th November, I expect to be insured on the 5th not the start on the 6th!

Give ‘em a rocket! (5th Nov)
Sorry...

 

[Frosty149]

Like you, if I say on the 5th November, I expect to be insured on the 5th not the start on the 6th!

Give ‘em a rocket! (5th Nov)
Sorry...

See Ken’s post he’s correct, 2400 is midnight, 0000 is the moment past 2400, therefore 0001 is the first minute of the new day.

 

[peterws1957]

Don't think there is anything to worry about. Its simply a question of the info not yet reaching the database. I know several people who have been stopped by blue boys because of "no insurance", only because the database has not been updated. Ms peterws1957 got stopped driving home a car purchased on that day for the same reason, even though the insurance had commenced several days earlier. Annoying but that's the system.