I’ve always felt the idea of decimal time was backwards, and that base 60 as a base is far superior. 60 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30. Of course it doesn’t make much difference to a computer, but to people it makes it more likely that we can deal in a simple ratio (third of an hour = 20 minutes). Of course, it would be a far bigger lift to switch number systems.
Yeah 60 indeed has nice numeric properties. So does 24h but IMO it’s far less useful in practice. Apparently the roots are in Egypt. wikipedia.org/wiki/Decan
I’ve always felt the idea of decimal time was backwards, and that base 60 as a base is far superior. 60 is divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, and 30. Of course it doesn’t make much difference to a computer, but to people it makes it more likely that we can deal in a simple ratio (third of an hour = 20 minutes). Of course, it would be a far bigger lift to switch number systems.
Yeah 60 indeed has nice numeric properties. So does 24h but IMO it’s far less useful in practice. Apparently the roots are in Egypt. wikipedia.org/wiki/Decan