Clock/Time question

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Wording like this is certainly not unheard of on test questions.

Exactly. Vague and confusing at time, and open to individual interpretation. We've argued the terminology used in some of 'em to death here over the years. I always personally found that the best way to approch them is just take the question at apparent face value without trying to read any additional info into it.