On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Jean Forget wrote: > Well, it is not *that* simple. In addition to creating a new > calendar, Fabre d'Eglantine and Romme changed the duration of > the hour, minute and second, so each day would be split into > 10 hours, each hour into 100 minutes and each minute into 100 > seconds. Which unit should my module deal with? > "Anglo-Babylonian" sexagesimal second or decimal second? > > (See http://zapatopi.net/metrictime.html)
It's an interesting point in this case, with this being one of the very few calendars that changes how time is handled. However, since the purpose of the module in question is conversion between Gregorian and French Revolutionary, I would expect that it would do just that. The base module would have "Gregorian" or "Anglo-Babylonial" time, and the module would convert back and forth. Or it could simply choose to ignore that portion of things, as you have done now. I expect that there are other calendars/time systems that have alternate time handling, and that I just have not encountered them yet. Anyone know how the Chinese (ie, ancient) deal with this? -- Oh I have slipped the surly bonds of earth And danced the sky on laughter-silvered wings --High Flight (John Gillespie Magee)
