Metric Time

Two problems

There are two major problems regarding to how the time is measured today:

1: We use an old 60-system instead of a modern metric system.
2: The human body is not adapted to a short 24-hours day.

Outdated

The day is broken up in 24 hours, consisting of 60 minutes, consisting of 60 seconds. Today all other measurements are given on a metric scale. But when measuring time, we are still using an old and outdated system.

A metric system

A metric time-measure system will have some advantages. In such a system there will be 10 hours a day, consisting of 100 minutes, consisting of 100 seconds. Then it will be totally clear how long 4.7661 hours are: simply 4 hours, 76 minutes and 61 seconds. The problem is that a second then will be slightly shorter, as the new day will consist of 100 000 seconds compared to 86 400 seconds today.

The sleeping rythm

The human body (brain) is not adapted to the 24 hours day! In fact, the day should have lasted nearer 28 hours than 24 hours if it should fit the human body's sleeping rythm.

27 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds

If we define a new "day" consisting of 27 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds, then the day will have exactly 100 000 seconds. Then it is easy to change to a metric time-measuring system (as mentioned over) without redefining the length of a second!

Different days

Every day will be different, as the sunrise every day will happen almost 4 old hours (or 1.5 new hours) earlier than the last day. As the "day" then no longer will be connected to the Earth spin (and daylight), the whole Earth can use the same time.

When we leave the Earth

If not now, at least when the human leave the Earth in the future, a new time-measuring system should be established!