TARGET: Why/when midnight adopted as day break?

["Brig C. McCoy" <brigc@WORLD.STD.COM>]

Hi...

A patron wanted to know why and when midnight was adopted as the separator
between days, as opposed to dawn. He thinks that Pope Gregory did this, but
I can't find any reference to it in the information on him, and haven't had
any luck in general works on time. Any ideas where I can look?

...brig

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