Re: Predictable Internet Time

Joe Touch <touch@xxxxxxx> · Tue, 3 Jan 2017 15:21:24 -0800



    On 1/3/2017 1:57 PM, Phillip
      Hallam-Baker wrote:

    
        The reason I
          think the 20 hour current scheme is better is this:
        

                1
                0.041666667
                0.05
              
              
                2
                0.083333333
                0.1
              
              
                3
                0.125
                0.15
              
              
                4
                0.166666667
                0.2
              
              
                5
                0.208333333
                0.25
              
              
                6
                0.25
                0.3
              
            
        The second
          column is increments for the 24 hour change, the second for
          the 20 hour. As you can see, 24 hours means dealing with
          rounding. That is fine for Internet apps but an unnecessary
          source of error for scientific.
      
    
    It depends on your representation. In base 10, the second column has
    repeating digits but not the third.

    
    In base 2, they both repeat so it really doesn't matter.

    
    Joe