What is Metric Time? Is the base unit in seconds? For example, would 1 hour instead be refered to as 3600 seconds?
2006-11-09 08:23:03 · 5 answers · asked by adviceguy 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
What's is Metric Time? Is the base unit in seconds? For example, would 1 hour be refered to as 3600 seconds instead? When answering, please give me a source.
2006-11-09 08:28:36 · update #1
I was curious about your question. The website below was an interesting source. Metric Time is decimal based instead of base 6. Standard time measurement is now called Anglo-Babylonian Time (ABT). The second is defined as 1/60 1/60 1/24 of the earth's rotation. 24 hours ABT = 86,400 seconds. 25 hours MT = 250,000 seconds according to the proposal. That would mean 25 hours in a metric day. Another proposal had 100 units per day and noon was called 50.
Metric Time is a proposal, but proponents may still want to use the term second, but the interval could be different.
2006-11-09 09:11:37 · answer #1 · answered by mach_92 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As you have noticed, even in the "Metric System" (or SI) time is not rooted in base-10. Instead it still relies on a base-60 system invented by the ancient Babylonians.
During the French Revolution, France tried to institute a 'Metric Time', also called 'French Decimal Time'. It was an attempt to create a decimalized time system (based on 10).
Their system had
10 days in a week
10 hours in a day
100 minutes in an hour
100 seconds in a minute
It never caught on...
2006-11-09 08:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by Puzzling 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
All basic metric units use "seconds" as the measurement of time.
Metric was made to be simple (unlike imperial... U.S. units), don't overcomplicate things.
The site given will show basic units, as well as derived units (which are just various basic units multiplied or divided together.... the derived unit should tell you a lot about the equation it interacts with!!)
2006-11-09 08:39:47 · answer #3 · answered by Kirk H 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
metric system is based on SI (standard International)
and the time is in second [s]
Look at this Link for further information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI
and this
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_base_unit
2006-11-09 08:42:54 · answer #4 · answered by Broden 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
metric time is the same as standard time
2006-11-09 08:26:14 · answer #5 · answered by hanumistee 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋