The HP-55 Enigma

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(06-28-2023 07:15 AM)Benoit Maag Wrote:  Actually, for a few years during the French Revolution, there were 10 day weeks and 3 week months… the 10th day was the rest day of the week. 9 working days in a week must have been unbearable and the system did not last long…

Also, 10 decimal hours in a day (1 decimal hour = 2.4 hours), with 100 decimal minutes in a decimal hour, and 100 decimal seconds in a decimal minute, so 100000 decimal seconds in a day. 1 decimal second = 0.864 seconds.