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title: An idea for hexadecimal time
date: 2025-07-22
modified: 2025-07-22
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# An idea for hexadecimal time

- basic unit of time is the second
- epoch is the unix epoch 
- this makes it compatible with unix time up to second level precision 
- the equivalent of a millisecond would be a mibisecond (1/1024 sec)
- UTC time of writing: `687F 5394`
- YYMW DHmm
- hex minute: 0x100 seconds or 4.267 minutes
- hex hour: 0x10 minutes or 1.1378 hours
- hex day: 0x10 hex hours or 0.758 days
- hex week: 0x10 hex days
- hex month: 0x10 hex weeks
- hex year: 0x10 hex months
- hex century 0x100 hex years