1.   No, a minute past midnight on the second.

2.   If the power has not resumed by then, the cease-fire would take effect a minute past midnight on the day after the service is restored.

3.   Ours was staying up late into the night on Christmas Eve, waiting until a minute past midnight to open the presents gathered beneath the tree.

4.   Early birds turned up Thursday night to catch the first screenings at a minute past midnight at some theaters.