About the use of 'time' and 'the time'

+1 (even though the issue description is not very clear)

There is a big difference between "time" (as in: time elapsed since an arbitrary starting point, e.g. the start of a video) and "the time" (as in: the time of day).

The latter is a more specific case of the former:

• It is the time elapsed since midnight.
• It is expressed in a specific way, e.g., in 12h format with AM/PM, or in 24h format.
• It can't be more than 86400 seconds.

The former is a more general case of the latter:

• It is the time elapsed since ANY starting point.
• It can be expressed in more different ways (where 12h format or 24h is not necessarily applicable, or does not necessarily make sense).
• It can be more than 86400 seconds.

This module is very close to catering for the more general use case, but not quite. Here are some blockers:

• Numbers 0 and 86401 should not get special treatment. See https://www.drupal.org/project/time_field/issues/3463912 🐛 The integer 86401 should not be used to represent an "empty" time element Active
• We need a way to format the time like 69:34:23 for 69 hours, 34 minutes and 23 seconds into a video.

Also nice to have:

• For time ranges, it should be supported to set only a start time, only an end time, or both.
• Support for higher time resolutions: In this case, the field could be configured to store milliseconds or microseconds instead of seconds in the database. In these cases, a larger int type might be necessary.

I guess some of this can be broken down into separate issues?

I guess some of this can be broken down into separate issues?

Of course. :) As you are the maintainer, I think you will know best how to subdivide the work. The bullet points in my previous comment are just my suggestions for how to subdivide the work.