A proposal for a system of metric time and a standardized calendar


What follows is my theories and propositions for a system of metric time as well as a standardized global calendar.


Metric Time Conversion on a Single Day Basis



1 Day, Imperial Clock: 24 hours = 1440 minutes = 86400 seconds
1 Day, Metric Clock (using Imperial seconds): 8.64 hours = 864 minutes = 86400 seconds
1 Day, Metric Clock (using Metric seconds): 10 hours = 1000 minutes = 100000 seconds

Imperial Time Units:    1 minute = 60 seconds
     1 hour = 60 minutes
     1 day = 24 hours

Metric Time Units:     1 minutes = 100 seconds
      1 hour = 100 minutes
      1 day = 8.64 hours = 10 hours (w/ Metric seconds)

Metric vs. Imperial: 1.1574 Metric Seconds = 1 Imperial Second
1 Metric Second = 0.864 Imperial Seconds


So, by assuming a day of exactly 24 hours Imperial Time from anti-peak to anti-peak, that day in metric time would be exactly 8.64 hours.

Therefore, to have an even day of 10 metric hours and keeping with the currently laid-out guidelines for Metric minutes and hours, the second would need to be reduced in length down to roughly 86.4% of it's current length (86.4 milliseconds by the current Imperial Clock).

This on the whole, would make a Metric minute equal to 1 minute, 55 seconds and 74 milliseconds of Imperial Time. And a Metric hour equal to 3 hours, 12 minutes, 54 seconds and 7 milliseconds of Imperial Time. The day itself, of course, would remain the exact same duration.



New Standard Calendar System



To be more efficient, I propose a system using a 10 day week and thereby having 3 weeks per month and keeping with 12 months per year, and 3 months per season.

The 10 day week would have 3 days of rest as opposed to the standard 2, meaning that overall we would be gainning one extra day off per month.

365 Days per Year, divided into equal 30 day months gives 12.16 months in a year, meaning that there are 5 days left over in a standard year, or 6 in a leap year. These 'bridge' days could be used as Holidays that act much like our existing Holidays. The difference here is that these days would not be part of a month but rather in-between them. Here are a few basic examples of holidays that could be used:

1st - New Year - Between December and January
2nd - Valentine's Day - Between January and February
3rd - Leap Day (Would only occur during a leap year) - Between February and March
4th - Earth Day - Between April and May
5th - Parent's Day (A mix of Mother's Day and Father's Day) - Between May and June
6th - Labour Day - Between August and September

These holidays would count as international holidays and would usually constitute a day off. Whereas not every country recognizes or celebrates all of these holidays they can be replaced by an appropriate holiday. Of course if this was the case, the holiday itself would need to remain in the same place within the calendar, otherwise the calendar could not be used globally. Of course other country-specific holidays could still be in place, much like they are today, but would fall within the standard days and months.

The days themselves and their division within the week would of course be very different from the standard methods used. Following is an example of what the day names and their role within the week would be. Note that days of rest are marked with an asterisk:

1st - Primusday
2nd - Secundusday
3rd - Tertusday
4th - Quartusday
5th - Quintusday *
6th - Sextusday
7th - Septimday
8th - Octusday
9th - Nonisday *
10th - Decimusday *
Nth - Nullusday *

These names are modified from the old French Republican Calendar and the Latin names for each day's number. Nullusday is the name given to the day on which bridge days fall (if one is needed aside from the holiday's name).