Timeline question

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 123974


Hi All,

I have a timeline question.  I looked on the Lexicon and couldn't 
find anything there, so I wondered if anyone here could help.  It 
relates to the time after Harry gets his 'snake attacking Arthur' 
vision in OotP.  Reading carefully, it's clear that almost two full 
days have gone by between the night of the attack and the time that 
Hermione turns up at GP.  Day one is that immediately following the 
night of Harry's vision, where they visit Arthur in St Mungo's.  
There is then another night and most of a day (with Harry hiding 
away) and then Hermione arrives at about six o'clock.

All well and good.  But then Hermione says; 'Dumbledore told me what 
had happened first thing this morning...' (OotP p441 UK hardback)  
Here's where I'm confused.  If DD told her first thing *that* 
morning, it means a whole day had gone by with Harry, Ron, Ginny, 
and the twins all missing, and nothing having been explained to 
Hermione.  You can imagine the kind of fuss she'd have made, trying 
to work out what was going on.  So do we assume that DD actually 
told her the morning immediately after it happened, and the 'this' 
morning is a FLINT?  Or was she left in the dark for a whole day?

Have subsequent editions of OotP been altered?  Has anyone else ever 
wondered about it?  Does this have any bearing on conspiracy 
theory?  I know it seems like a tiny little thing to be picking on, 
but there's not much left that hasn't been discussed in detail, and 
it's really bothering me.  So what do people think?  

Hannah