Cannonian Time
What it is, and why you should use it
by Jack Cannon
What it is
Cannonian Time is a metric time.
There are 100 hours in a day!
Standard Time
/24 /60 /60
Cannonian Time
/100 /10 /100
Standard Time
/24 /60 /60
Cannonian Time
/100 /10 /100
Standard Time
Why 24/60/60?
24 Hours
The Egyptians split the daytime into 12 equal parts.
They used a base 12 system, opposed to a base 10.
Similarly they split the nighttime into 12 parts too.
24 Hours
Hours changed throughout the year.
Day Hours !== Night Hours
A greek, Hipparchus, decided to have 24 equal hours.
60 Minutes/Seconds
60 minutes and 60 seconds were introduced by the Babylonians
Like the Egyptians, they used a base 12 system.
12 * 5 = 60
60 is the earliest number to have 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6 as factors.
Cannonian Time
Why 100/10/100?
Why metric?
Imperial measurements are slowly being shunned.
Weight, Temperature, Length, Pressure, etc all have a metric system.
Time doesn't yet.
It's probably the most important measurement, so why not?
Why 100 Hours?
I considered using 10 hours, but I decided against it.
A day has 24 hours, making 100 hours easier to convert to.
The length of a 100th of the day is easy to comprehend than a 10th.
Why 10 Minutes?
A 1000th of a day is very easy to follow.
It's just short of a minute and a half in standard time.
I chose the keep the times as similar to standard as possible is order to keep it familiar.
Why 100 Centiminutes?
A 100000th of day is 0.864 standard seconds
Again, this is to make seconds feel familiar
Didn't call them Seconds to avoid confusion!
The Differences
Here's the low-down on the important differences.
Hours
100 Cannonian Hours = 24 standard hours
This works out at:
1 Cannonian Hour = 14 minutes, 23 seconds
Which, roughly translates to:
1 Cannonian Hour = ΒΌ standard hour
Minutes
1 Cannonian Minute = 1 min 26 secs
0.69 Cannonian Minutes = 1 standard Minute
Seconds/Centiminutes
1 Centiminute = 0.864 Seconds
1.16 Centiminutes = 1 Second
Living with Cannonian Time
Cannonian Week
27th May to 2nd June 2013 was "Cannonian Week"
For 1 whole week, I used Cannonian time exclusively
Cannonian Week
I made some analogue clocks and even a watch to help me out
Cannonian Week
But I mainly used its.cannonti.me
Cannonian Week
How it went
Nearly everything went well!
After the initial adjustment, I got really used to the new way.
However, I did miss the first 5 minutes of the Apprentice