Decimal time

According to a decimal clock:

Current time:

Days in a day: 1

Hours in a day: 10

Minutes in an hour: 100

Seconds in a minute: 100

Seconds in an hour: 10.000

Seconds in a day: 100.000

Seconds of the other standard last: 1,157 seconds

Midnight is at: 00:00:00

Noon is at: 05:00:00

A typical workday lasts: 3,333 hours

According to a regular 24 hour clock:

3.600

86.400

0,864 seconds

00:00:00

12:00:00

8 hours

What is decimal time?

The metric system, which defines kilograms and litres, is based around the idea that calculating things is a lot easier when using multiples of 10. One meter equals 10 decimeters, equals 100 centimeters, equals 1,000 millimeters and so forth.

People have tried to apply the same idea to the amount of time in a day, and the result is called a decimal time system.

Learn more about decimal time, the Coordinated Universal Time standard (which defines our normal 24 hour days) and the metric system at WikiPedia!