How to best present end date to the user? Inclusive, exclusive, 23:59, something else?
In our app you can select a start date and the app calculates the end date (we're talking about subscriptions here). This is from midnight to midnight, so the actual points in time are, for example:
2020-05-18 00:00:00
to 2020-05-25 00:00:00
So the period starts on the midnight of the 18th, runs all day long, then a few more days, then stops on the midnight between the 24th and the 25th. 24th is included in the interval; 25th is not. But the timestamp itself is the midnight of the 25th.
So how to best communicate this to the user? Some options:
25th May, 2020
- matches the timestamp, but can be misleading. People might thing that the 25th is included.24th May, 2020
- still can be misleading. Someone might think that the 24th is NOT included. But this is my personal favorite.24th May, 2020 (inclusive)
- wordy? Is this clear enough?24th May, 2020, 23:59:59
- Dunno, looks kinda ugly to me, but it is kinda accurate....
Or maybe something else entirely?