What do you think of this? Good or bad?

[Raulmarrio2000]

Geneva, Switzerland. March 30th 2015
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has approved to change the Hour Format to the decimal system.
In a meeting today, 15 countries voted to abandon the traditional sexagesimal format inheritted from Babylonian times to a decimal format to make it more compatible with the SI. According to the new time keeping system, the basic unit shall be the day. Midnight will still be at 0.0000, but noon will be marked as 0.5000. Each tenth of a day will be exactely 144 minutes of the current system. The new time is to be used since 2016, though strong opposition from Govts, private companies and particulars might overturn the meassure, experts argue.

http://tinyurl.com/p39mjrd

[angryChineseKahanist]

That sounds very good. I'm very excited about this measure.
The only thing that bothers me is that according to that website, UTC (Universal Time Constant)  which is currently in London would be moved to Mecca.  This means universal time would begin in the smelly arab world.
The new time standard would be great for computer programmers though.

great website. I learned a lot from it. I will be spending the rest of the month studying it.

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

I think it's dumb.  I don't want to have to do a calculation to know what time it is or what time a meeting is at, etc.  Is that what this is?

[angryChineseKahanist]

Are you kidding? Its the best system.  1 means one day. .5 means half a day.
Didn't you see the details described in the said website?


Look at our current system.  Its  5 o'clock.  its 12 o'clock. Ambiguous. I rather say its 0.708333333333 or 0.5.

Tell me how long ago: I had lunch last Thursday at 1:12 pm.

Tell me how long ago: I went to the store May 15th, 2012 10:15 am.

[muman613]

I am against it... For a variety of reasons.

[angryChineseKahanist]

I am against it... For a variety of reasons.

the number 1 reason you are against it is because you didn't study the vast information on that website carefully like I did.

[muman613]

the number 1 reason you are against it is because you didn't study the vast information on that website carefully like I did.

Wow... You are right...

I did try googling the topic and came up with nada, zip, bubkis.

[muman613]

Now for a lesson on Jewish time... Ignore it if you care less... ACK, I think you will think this is cool..

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/526872/jewish/Hours.htm

The hour has a special meaning in Jewish law. "The third hour of the day" doesn't mean 3:00 a.m., or three sixty-minute hours after sunrise. Rather, an hour in halacha is calculated by taking the total time of daylight of a particular day, from sunrise until sunset,1 and dividing it into twelve equal parts. A halachic hour is thus known as a sha'ah zemanit, or proportional hour, and varies by the season and even by the day.

For example, on a day when the sun rises at 5 a.m. and sets at 7:30 p.m., one sha'ah zemanit, or proportional hour, will be 72.5 minutes long. The third hour of the day will come to a close at 8:37:30 a.m.

This information is important because many observances in Jewish law are performed at specific times during the day. The calculation of these halachic times, known as zmanim ("times"), depends on the length of the daylight hours in that locale.

For more information regarding the various halachic times of the day, as well as some of their associated mitzvot, see About Zmanim.

To find out the halachic times for any location, see Zmanim-Halachic Times.

[IsraelForever]

It will never happen.  You may recall the push for the United States to convert to the metric system.  It never happened.  Neither will this bad idea.

[muman613]

It will never happen.  You may recall the push for the United States to convert to the metric system.  It never happened.  Neither will this bad idea.

How about DST?

[IsraelForever]

How about DST?

I love it!

[Tag-MehirTzedek]

 

[angryChineseKahanist]

Now for a lesson on Jewish time... Ignore it if you care less... ACK, I think you will think this is cool..

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/526872/jewish/Hours.htm

The hour has a special meaning in Jewish law. "The third hour of the day" doesn't mean 3:00 a.m., or three sixty-minute hours after sunrise. Rather, an hour in halacha is calculated by taking the total time of daylight of a particular day, from sunrise until sunset,1 and dividing it into twelve equal parts. A halachic hour is thus known as a sha'ah zemanit, or proportional hour, and varies by the season and even by the day.

For example, on a day when the sun rises at 5 a.m. and sets at 7:30 p.m., one sha'ah zemanit, or proportional hour, will be 72.5 minutes long. The third hour of the day will come to a close at 8:37:30 a.m.

This information is important because many observances in Jewish law are performed at specific times during the day. The calculation of these halachic times, known as zmanim ("times"), depends on the length of the daylight hours in that locale.

For more information regarding the various halachic times of the day, as well as some of their associated mitzvot, see About Zmanim.

To find out the halachic times for any location, see Zmanim-Halachic Times.

that obviously is very inaccurate. Imagine a clock that changes lengths throughout the year. But anyway, I know you meant this is for Jews.

In ancient China, the day was divided into 12 hours. So one ancient Chinese 'hour' is two modern hours.

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

Are you kidding? Its the best system.  1 means one day. .5 means half a day.
Didn't you see the details described in the said website?


Look at our current system.  Its  5 o'clock.  its 12 o'clock. Ambiguous. I rather say its 0.708333333333 or 0.5.

Tell me how long ago: I had lunch last Thursday at 1:12 pm.

Tell me how long ago: I went to the store May 15th, 2012 10:15 am.

Lol!
This was sarcasm, right?  If it was, it was hilarious.  If it wasn't then I don't know what to say.

[muman613]

Lol!
This was sarcasm, right?  If it was, it was hilarious.  If it wasn't then I don't know what to say.

Have you checked out the link? I think you should.

[angryChineseKahanist]

m613 finally clicked on the link.
kwrbt either still wont click or he's playing along.
kwrbt, would I kid around on a day like yesterday?

[Kahane-Was-Right BT]

Lol.  Just clicked on it and realized.   Well done, ack.