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The New Revolution of Time
As there has been many revolutions before, the introduction of a "new
time" would be a new history in human civilization.
This means that the future is based on the fractions of 10, which for every
1 main portion, it would be fractionated to 10 minor portions. Thus, the
conversion of time from 1 second to 1 minute is of course 1/10 and this
goes on for the minute to hour and the hour to day. Therefore, the application
of 10-New Hours in a day thus facilitates conversion of time and also other
parameters involving time like for example speed and velocity. However,
it is important to note the calculations in the old physics (in the area
of mechanics) can still be useful with this New Time Revolution provided
all the previous constants have to be converted first to suite the "new
time". It must be noted that this idea of a New Time Revolution is not the
same as other time proposals, for example the metric time (see Table 3). Even
though
the New Time Revolution seems to be on a base of 10 but then it is still
applicable when the SI units are concerned. This is due to this 1 New Hour
is equivalent to 10 New Minutes and 1 New Minute is similar to 10 New Seconds.
In addition, 1 New Second is equal to 1000 New milli seconds. With this
in mind, conversion of either hours to minutes or to seconds are by mere
shifting of the decimal point (see Table 1).
Table 1: The present and the new time
| Present Time | New Time |
| 1 day = 24 hours | 1 day = 10 hours (NH) |
| 1 hour = 60 minutes | 1 hour = 10 minutes (NM) |
| 1 minute = 60 seconds | 1 minute = 10 seconds (NS) |
| 1 second @ | 1 second = 1000 mseconds (NmS) |
Table 2: Mathematical relation of new time and present time
| 1 new day (ND) = 1 day |
| 1 new hour (NH) = 2.4 hours = 144 minutes = 8640 seconds |
| 1 new minute (NM) = 14.4 minutes = 864 seconds |
| 1 new second (NS) = 1.44 minutes = 86.4 seconds |
Table 3: Basic Description of Metric Time System (Suggested by
others)
| 100 metric seconds in a metric minute |
| 100 metric minutes in a metric hour |
| 10 metric hours in a day |
Problem:
A sprinter for the 100m event managed to finish the race in 9.85
seconds. So what is the recorded time if converted to the new time?
Solution:
1 NS = 86.4s, thus 1 s = 1/86.4 NS
Therefore, 9.85s = (9.85) (1/86.4) NS
= 0.114004629 NS
= 0.114 NS (when rounded up to 3 decimal places)
(Or for further transformation to New milli seconds is 144 Newmilli seconds)
Further benefits are the dropping on the usage of a.m. and p.m. as the 10-hour new clock can clearly tell period in comparison with the 24-hour clock (which is using a 12-hour basis). The "new time" of zero hour starts at 6:00 a.m. to signify the beginning of a new day. This variation is useful not only in the tropical countries but also in other countries as well. The country leaders, which have seasonal variation (summer and winter), could alter the working time according to the respective seasons. For example, in the summer the working period could be longer that the working period in the winter. With the abolishment of a.m. and p.m., layman also doesn't have to be in the army or the air force to tell the time in a very atrocious way! However, there could still be another option for the beginning of the new day that is from 12:01 a.m. This is useful to prevent any inconvenience in terms of seasonal variation. However, with the introduction of new hour at midnight, it would seems as if the concept of "new time" is just a plain modification of the current 24-hoour period, indirectly showing any originality of the concept in this article.
Another area of application for this "new time" is the time spent on travelling. Even though it does not really solve this problem as mentioned previously, but then now for every 1 new hour, the degree of coverage is now 36 degrees instead of 15 degrees. Therefore, anyone travelling in the vicinity of 36 degrees is having an actual travelling time, for example travelling from point A to point B (within the 36 degrees vicinity) is now only 1 new hour when compared to the previous which might be only around 30 minutes! This seems to give the traveler a fast travelling impression when using the current 24-hour time zone. The "new time" would also reduce the time confusion for those businessmen who often travel for meetings and appointments with clients.
The wastage of time has long been highlighted and this is strongly emphasized in today's world. In the present time of 60 seconds for 1 minute, 60 minute for 1 hour and 24 hours in 1 day, there is a tendency of time wasting. This could be attributed to the amount of time presented (for example 24 hours, 60 minutes and etc.) and the negligible importance of seconds. However, with the application of the "new time", the New Second would bring a new meaning as numerous things can be carried out within that new short period, thus making it more productive.
On the introduction of the New milli second, it would also be a benefit
to athletes on the international arena. With the current time where 1 second
consists of 100 parts, it would not be suitable to determine the winner
if there are two persons crossing the finishing line at the same time and
the photograph could not determine the winner. Thus, with the application
of 1000 New milli seconds it would be easier to determine the winner at
this type of situation or at any scenario similar to this.
This article was prepared by: Ling Lay Pee & Simon Looi.
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