People like to shit on the imperial measurements for its inconsistensies, but why is it we have a similarly dogshit one for measuring time? (lemmygrad.ml)

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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.

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[-] happyhippo@feddit.it 12 points 1 year ago

Please don't touch it now

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[-] Lemmywontallowme@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Just, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5wpm-gesOY... (The Problem with Time & Timezones - Computerphile) ...

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