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Dozenal Time (Logarithmic)
The logarithmic system has the time format 10 : 100 : 100.
This is the universal standard among dozenalists.
This is the universal standard among dozenalists.
Daily Time
Days to Hours
With normal decimal time, we break days into 24 hours. It would be reasonable to translate 24 into 20 dozenal hours and call it a day, but I'd like to go a step further. I'd like to go back to the original definition for what a day is.
24 hours comes from 2 sets of 12, one for day, one for night.
But why the confusion between AM and PM? Time zones are really confusing when there are 24 divisions, then having to again see if it's in AM or PM, it's frustrating. Changing the original 20 hours to 10 hours (24 to 12 decimal) creates a handy 10 we can work with. With 10 hours making a day, the 1 : 10 ratio makes it easy to convert. It also gets rid of that ugly AM PM business.
With normal decimal time, we break days into 24 hours. It would be reasonable to translate 24 into 20 dozenal hours and call it a day, but I'd like to go a step further. I'd like to go back to the original definition for what a day is.
24 hours comes from 2 sets of 12, one for day, one for night.
But why the confusion between AM and PM? Time zones are really confusing when there are 24 divisions, then having to again see if it's in AM or PM, it's frustrating. Changing the original 20 hours to 10 hours (24 to 12 decimal) creates a handy 10 we can work with. With 10 hours making a day, the 1 : 10 ratio makes it easy to convert. It also gets rid of that ugly AM PM business.
Traditionally, Greenwich (UK time) is about 8 hours away
from PST (Western North America): NA 8:00 AM = 4:00 PM UK. NA 5:00 PM = 1:00 AM UK. Traditionally, CST (China Standard time) is about 12 hours away
from PST (Western North America): NA 8:00 AM = 8:00 PM CH. NA 5:00 PM = 5:00 AM CH. |
With the logarithmic system, Greenwich (UK time) is about 4 hours away from PST (Western North America):
NA 4:00 = 8:00 UK. NA 0:00 = 4:00 UK. With the logarithmic system, CST (China Standard time) is about 6 hours away from PST (Western North America):
NA 3:00 = 9:00 CH. NA 0:00 = 6:00 CH. |
To better represent the sun, the numbers have been inverted, 6:00 means the sun is right overhead. Before 3 and after 9, the sun starts to drop below the horizon.
If you're from the northern hemisphere, the clock should go clockwise,
representing East to West while looking South.
If you're from the southern hemisphere, the clock should go anti-clockwise,
representing East to West while looking North.
If you're from the northern hemisphere, the clock should go clockwise,
representing East to West while looking South.
If you're from the southern hemisphere, the clock should go anti-clockwise,
representing East to West while looking North.
Hours to Minutes
For each hour, originally we count 60 minutes in every hour, a pretty nice number to work with. 60 is half of 100 in dozenal, but again, this is not good enough, I'd like to go a step further.
If we continue the 1 : 10 ratio, the next logical number would be 10. Unfortunately, 10 would get used up pretty fast.
Imagine counting 10 minutes and then you got to an hour, what would be the point in a minute? This is why we give it 10 times the dose, making 100.
Change 60 minutes to 100 seconds
For each hour, originally we count 60 minutes in every hour, a pretty nice number to work with. 60 is half of 100 in dozenal, but again, this is not good enough, I'd like to go a step further.
If we continue the 1 : 10 ratio, the next logical number would be 10. Unfortunately, 10 would get used up pretty fast.
Imagine counting 10 minutes and then you got to an hour, what would be the point in a minute? This is why we give it 10 times the dose, making 100.
Change 60 minutes to 100 seconds
Decimal Perspective
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Feels Like:
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Dozenal Time:
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12 : 144 : 144
hours : gro ticks : ticks 248,832 ticks / day 20,736 ticks / hour 144 ticks / gro tick |
10 : 100 : 100
hours : gro ticks : ticks 100,000 ticks / day 10,000 ticks / hour 100 ticks / gro tick |
(I'm looking for better names instead of "ticks" and "gro ticks").