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Worth mentioning the French revolutionary calendar which applied the decimal system as much as practically possible [1]. 12 months, 3 weeks of 10 days each (plu
by cm2187 5y ago
Worth mentioning the French revolutionary calendar which applied the decimal system as much as practically possible [1]. 12 months, 3 weeks of 10 days each (plus occasional adjustment days), 10 hours per day, 100 minutes per hour, 100 seconds per minute.
It feels weird, but I am sure so did the metric system at the time, but like the metric system, once you adopted it, it makes things simpler and I think is superior (whatever you think of the horrors of the revolution).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
- mongol 5y ago10 day weeks does not sound superior to me.
- Gys 5y agoYou are not an employer, I guess? ;-)
- jareklupinski 5y agocan't wait for my next employer in paris to ask me "we have a different way of doing things here; do you prefer 6-day work-weeks or 4-day week-ends?"