Would metric time work? I know there is 60 seconds to a minute and 60 minutes to an hour and so on, but the actual length of a second, minute, hour had no definition till humans gave it one. The only problem i see is the number of Metric hours in a day, days in a month, number of months and the number of days in a year. If we are going to go the the metric system, we should go all the way. Not just whatever is most convenient.
2006-10-02 14:52:20 · 3 answers · asked by David F 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
It could be done but minutes or hours would end up needing a decimal after the whole number. A second cannot change form, it is a scientific measure of time. The number of days in a year cannot change for obvious reasons. It's best not to tamper with this one because it is "THE" only thing humans seem to agree on at this point in history.
2006-10-06 11:55:21 · answer #1 · answered by get_with_the _programme 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second IS the metric unit of time and its measure is extremely accurate. It is measured using a cesium oscillator (an atomic clock). The metric prefixes apply to it, for example a millisecond or a nanosecond.
2006-10-02 14:56:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
time is standard. There is no metric system for time.
2006-10-02 14:56:06 · answer #3 · answered by teekshi33 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋