As we have decimalise many things over time, like money, weights, measurements etc.
Isn't it time that we decimalise time?
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The old 24 hour and new 10 hour analogue clock faces.
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If you wish to convert a 12 hour analogue clock into a 5 hour analogue clock then;
1) Print-out the 5 hour clock face below, (http://markagius.co.uk/images/Clock_05.gif)
2) Cut-out the picture, (don't forget the hole in the centre)
3) Remove the hands from your 12 hour clock face,
4) Stick the new 5 hour clock face onto your clock,
5) Put the hour hand back on.
Note;
If your clock strikes-out the chimes on the hour then you must turn-off or disable this feature.
Also as the minute hand moves round the clock face twelve times in half a day (old 12 hour clocks)
and not five times (new 10 hour system) you should only replace the hour hand.
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A BBC (Acorn) basic program that simulates a BBC TV CEEFAX page describing the 10 hour format.
Click here to download the Acorn RISC Archive file. (For Acorn 8-bit and 32-bit computers only)
The BBC basic program as a text file for non-Acorn computer users to read.
Click here to display the BBC basic file. (For non Acorn/RISC computers)
The problem with time zones.
The new time zones.
As a day is now divided into 10 hours and not 24 hours there are just ten time zones around the globe.
The time zones will still be an offset from GMT
This means that
but
So as countries switch to the ten hour system, if their time zone is not GMT+0:00, then they will need to use the following format;
As the time zones are bigger, more countries will share the same time zone, but the time difference between time zones will end up being bigger.
So more countries may end up using half hour time zones.
1 new hour (10 hour format) = 1/10 of a day.
1 old hour (24 hour format) = 1/24 of a day.
So 1 new hour = 2 hours and 24 old minutes.
Half a new hour = 1 hour and 12 old minutes.
The average working day is 9:00am to 5:30pm (24 hour format)
This will change to 3:75am to 2:29'16pm (10 hour format)
2:29'16pm may be rounded down to 2:29'00pm, giving us a shorter working day by 16 seconds (or 14 old seconds)
If your boss does not like you, he may round it up to 7:30'00pm.
The one hour lunch break may become a thing of the past, as most managers may say that this is 25 minutes too long.
Once this system has been introduced into all countries, the next step will be to decimalise the whole year into 100 days.
This will take some doing as the speed of the Earth travelling around the Sun will have to be increases by fitting large rockets to the Earth.
If we also decimalise months, then the speed of the Moon will also need adjusting.
To display the date when this new system will start in your country and when you need to adjust the clocks,