Post #1924680
2026-04-12 15:47 UTC
the standard time that almost everyone uses is metric, i.e. is part of the metric system, its units are SI units. there was a system of *decimal* time, if that's what you mean, developed in France during the revolution, where a day is 10 hours, each 100 minutes, each 100 seconds
so a decimal hour is 2.4 standard hours\
a decimal minute is 1.44 standard minutes\
a decimal second is 0.864 standard seconds
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@Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-12 18:01
I think it's cheating to call it metric if it's not decimal. Even some of the oldest analog clocks had 24-hour faces, they were just a *removed* to read in a watch-size. You still have to do stupid math to figure out duration past the 12 or 24, and even with the 60 minutes/1 hour. Nothing metric or superior about it.
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@testaccount789@sh.itjust.works 2026-04-12 17:31
https://metric-time.com/