The problem with that is consistency. It may delay it sometimes, and other times it may not. Might even cause it to flower early.
Removing leaves can delay it. I doubt it's an effect that works 100% of the time.
24h is not relevant by itself. That could be good or bad. DLI, daily light integral, is what matters. It doesn't matter if you max that out over 12 hours or 24, you'll get the same yield. You cannot force a square peg through a round hole on this issue. How much CO2 and how well you controll temp/rh will determine how much light you can provide per day and hours of operation is just 1 factor in that equation. The wiki on DLI is sufficient to get the gist.
If you wan to control such things, just grow photoperiods, lol... why complicate it needlessly?