[FWIW] Terran Colonial Time

DaltonS · 10-30-2020, 04:55 AM

Terran colonies on other worlds would need to establish their own clocks to fit the planet's rotational period. In order to give local and Terran time units a rough dramatic (verbal) equivalence I created the following formulae:

Code:

Dt = number of Terran hours in a local day.
N  = number of hours in a local analog clock face = round(Dt/2)
Dl = number of local hours in a local day = 2*N
Ht = number of Terran minutes in a local hour = 60*Dt/Dl
Hl = number of local minutes in a local hour = floor(60/N)*N
Mt = number of Terran seconds in a local minute = 60*Ht/Hl
Ml = number of local seconds in a local minute = ceil(60/N)*N

where round/floor/ceil functions round the value to the nearest/lower/higher integer. Watches and clocks would have two display modes (Terran/local) that could easily be reset from local wireless networks.

Dalton “Do you have the time?” Spence

10-30-2020, 04:55 AM	#1
DaltonS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Hamilton, Ont. CANADA	[FWIW] Terran Colonial Time Terran colonies on other worlds would need to establish their own clocks to fit the planet's rotational period. In order to give local and Terran time units a rough dramatic (verbal) equivalence I created the following formulae: Code: Dt = number of Terran hours in a local day. N = number of hours in a local analog clock face = round(Dt/2) Dl = number of local hours in a local day = 2N Ht = number of Terran minutes in a local hour = 60Dt/Dl Hl = number of local minutes in a local hour = floor(60/N)N Mt = number of Terran seconds in a local minute = 60Ht/Hl Ml = number of local seconds in a local minute = ceil(60/N)N where round/floor/ceil functions round the value to the nearest/lower/higher integer. Watches and clocks would have two display modes (Terran/local) that could easily be reset from local wireless networks. Dalton “Do you have the time?”* Spence