The International one (i.e. Non Survey Foot) > In 1959, the relationship of the foot to the meter was officially refined as 1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly. So

The International one (i.e. Non Survey Foot) > In 1959, the relationship of the foot to the meter was officially refined as 1 foot = 0.3048 meter exactly. So 0.0254 * 12.000000 == 0.3048