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Originally Posted by bob jenkins
On most clocks, if the "real time" is 0.1 seconds (1 tenth of a second), then the clock will display 0:00, not 0:01
In addition, if the clock shows 0:01 (as in the OP), the "real time" is between 0:01.0 and 0:01.9 These tenths of seconds are often shown on the console. It can be good practice to ask in a situation like the OP.
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FWIW, while I was a the gym yesterday I compared the control panel clock with the scoreboard clock. The control panel was a newer LCD type that displayed and counted down in 1/10 of a second.
The control panel displayed 00:01.5 seconds, the score board displayed 00:01 seconds. When I started the clock the control panel started counting down in 1/10s of a second. I stopped the clock. The control panel showed 00:00.6 as the remaining time, the score board displayed 00:00. So even thought the scoreboard was showing that time had expired, it really had not. I started the clock and watched as the 1/10s counted down and then the horn sounded.