Midrash for Berakhot 17:1

לא לעולם יממא הוא והאי דקרו ליה ליליא דאיכא אינשי דגנו בההיא שעתא

No ; it is certainly day, and that he calls it "night" is because there are people who retire to rest at that hour.

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