Isn't it Time for Metric Time?

xenocytekron writes: "Sure, our time system is ok, but does it make sense? Is it easy? Think about it: 60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour, 25 hours to a day, all the way to 365 days to a year. Currently, all the world uses the Metric System except for the US. But what about Time? The solution is Metric Time, that is, a time system which uses Base-10 and Metric Standards. So what do you think: Is it Time, for Metric Time?"

Comments

Oh yeah, like that's going to work

[Russ Steffen]

10 months to a year, 10 days to the month, 10 hours to the day. 10 minutes to the hour, 10 seconds to the minute. Might as well force pi to be 3 while you're at it. Or how about 10?

yes, we need to fix the 25 hour day

[Myrmidon]

60 seconds to a minute, 60 minutes to an hour, 25 hours to a day, all the way to 365 days to a year

With your 25 hour day, it's no wonder you find time so confusing.

"Hey, two weeks ago it was really bright at 13 o'clock, but now it's dark!"

Yes.

[whee]

But I propose a switch to hexadecimal. While we're at it, let's switch the U.S. to Celsius, switch the U.S. to metric units, win the war on 'terrorism', save the whales, and assume pi is equal to 3.
Or, we could just not attempt to change things that have been established for centuries.

Re:25 Hours in a day?

[Clsid]

Latino drivers can kick your ass anytime. Just try to drive in Caracas or Rio de Janeiro and then talk about good drivers.

Metric time already exists.

[Misuta Supakulo]

Firstly, this guy is a friggin' idiot.

We have a metric standard of time, the second. Hours, minutes, days, etc. are all metric derived, the second is the only metric unit. Odd then that this wacko decides to base his system on the day and then work backward to destroy the second as a standard of time. Good work bucko, if your system gets adopted it will be fractionally more convenient to translate between different time units. Oh, but on the plus side it will also mean that all our current devices, measurements, etc. that use the current SI second in any way will have to be completely redesigned and replaced. Which means billions of useless dollars to change from one type of second to another, plus all the confusion as the system switches over.

Meanwhile back in reality we have a metric unit of time, as mentioned above. The one thing we do not have is a metric measure of "absolute time". Disregarding complications from general relativity for the moment, all that requires is a standardized point of reference (such as Jan 1, 1970). This is a problem that really does not need a solution. Especially a "solution" that is completely broken.