A crazy notion? Would it be possible to break the cycle?

[MickyMacgraw]

A fellow user here has given me the idea for this question.
Could we one day turn around and try a new system involving changing the length of time,days weeks and years? how long would this take to implement and would there be any implications regarding the human bodyclock seeing that we have got used to the 24-7-30-365 cycle?

[MickyMacgraw]

Thanks for the idea docspock and I can assure you in the interest of fairness any proceeds that may drop unexpectedly into my lap will be shared 50/50 :)

[jake-the-peg]

I'm afraid Noth you'll have to blame the architect of the Solar sytem with that.

It's because the Earth does not do a whole number or rotations on its axis for every orbit of the Sun.

No system of counting can correct that

Micky you might want to check this out

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time

People have been suggesting stuff like this for centuries but it never catches on

[MickyMacgraw]

Jake-the-peg so time is perfect as it is and couldn't be improved?

[squarebear]

A time systme has already been developed for when (if) man colonises Mars.
http://en.wikipedia.o...i/Timekeeping_on_Mars
But yes, Earth time is pretty much fixed not necessarily perfect but fixed.

[jno]

the problem isn't with time - which perfect or not we're stuck with; as jake says, any problems, take them up with the architect.

It's with the way we measure it. The months have uneven lengths, and they divide (like the hours and minutes) by 12 rather than 10. Duodecimal is actually handier for maths, since 12 has more factors, but our counting system is based on our fingers, and we only have 10 of those. So we could switch to counting in 12, but I doubt most of the human race would appreciate it.

We could fiddle with the number of days in a week and a month. The French tried it after the revolution, with 12 months containing three 10-day weeks (it is now 12 Brumaire) but gave up shortly afterwards

http://en.wikipedia.o...h_Republican_Calendar

so the precedents aren't good

[New Judge]

I believe the EU Committee on Time and Calendars is to issue a directive next year which will require all member states to adopt the “EuroClock” and “EuroCalendar”.

There will be 100 minutes to an hour, ten hours to a day, ten days to a week and 100 weeks to a year.

The precise details are yet to be finalised, but it is due to begin at midnight on January 1st 2012 (which will actually become 02:86, Day4 Month2 2014)