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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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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (3 children)

12 hours in half a day is fine for me. 12 can be divided into halves, thirds, quarters and sixths. That's useful for planning out a day. Time is one of the applications where I don't have a complaint about using base 12.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The real confusion is when you count the days in a month, or year...

[–] Kolrami 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've heard of a suggestion of using 13 months of 4 weeks each.

It adds up to 364 days.

The remainder day is a new type of annual leap day and you get the additional normal one every 4 years.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This seems more consistent..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly why there are 12 months and 24h a day, for easy divisions.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

One can reach twelve joints on a 4-fingered hand with the thumb. That's the basis of the base-12 counting system.