For example,

60 seconds = 1 minute

60 minutes = 1 hour

24 hours = 1 day

7 day = 1 week

29-31 days = Month (approx.)

365/366 days = year

It’s like for the imperial measurement of distance, where 1 mile = 5280 feet…

Edit: just to clarify, I’m more or less keen towards any consistent, decimal-based measurement systems like base-10 or base-12.

  • @bouh
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    11 year ago

    Decimal time rule!

    Funnily enough, Asimov novels sometimes feature decimal time clocks.

    Revolutionary calendar in the early French revolution was decimal too : 12 months of 3 weeks of 10 days. 5 or 6 days at the end of the year for vacations. And they used decimal time too.

    It was wildly unpopular. I think the decimal time was removed after a couple of years. Napoleon removed the decimal time.

    I have both on a app on my phone, just for fun. You can easily find apps for that.