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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