From a6724a5b8b63d43503addf96ac535ad8c38710dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quantum Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2022 04:53:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Document decimal time --- public/index.html | 24 ++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html index cda9ce4..bbbccd6 100644 --- a/public/index.html +++ b/public/index.html @@ -5,16 +5,16 @@ - + - + - - - - + + + + @@ -114,6 +114,18 @@ available for dates before August 11, 3114 BCE (25 Thermidor -4905).

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What is decimal time?

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Decimal time is a time system used during the French Revolution that divided the day into 10 + hours, each with 100 minutes, which contained 100 seconds each.

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The result is 100,000 seconds in one day, compared to the 86,400 seconds with the normal 24-hour + system. This makes it very easy to denote time as a decimal fraction of a day. For example, decimal time + 5:67:72 (around 13:37:31) on January 1, 2000 can be represented as 2000-01-01.56772.

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Also note that each decimal hours is 2.4 normal hours, each decimal minute is 1.44 normal minutes, and + each decimal second is 0.864 normal seconds.

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