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[–] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

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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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago*

    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 bitch 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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