Why do we use base 60 for time and base 10 for everything else. Why has no one decided to integrate it. - eviltoast

Thought of this in the shower this morning, if anyone has an answer I’d be very interested!

  • ReiRose@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Pilots keep their logbook in decimal hours, and the tach meter (engine hours at a certain speed) and Hobbs meter (aircraft operated hours) are decimal too.

    Each decimal hour (0.1) is equal to 6 minutes. So if I ‘fly’ for 1 hour and 13 minutes I log 1.2 hours. I don’t do the mental math though, I just record what the Hobbs says.