How was the day split into hours, mintues, seconds?
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http://physics.nist.gov/GenInt/Time/time.html
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It is based on the rotation on the earth. Explaining it is too much for a yahoo answer, so the following wikipedia articles will explain this. \n\nThe second wikipedia article explains the 'french' decimal time, in which units of time are divided into slots of 10 each. This is also a lenghtly but comprehensive answer.
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GMT 0:00 is the first second of the day.\nAll countries times are eith + or - so many hours GMT.
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The Sumerian (present day Iraq), Egyptians and Babylonians developed 60 minute hour.\n\nDividing the Day into Hours, Minutes, and Seconds\n\nThe Egyptians and Babylonians decided to divide the day from sunrise to sunset into twelve parts that are called hours. They also divided the night, the time from sunset to sunrise, into twelve hours. But the day and the night are not the same length, and the length of the day and night also changes through the year. This system of measuring the time was not very accurate because the length of an hour changed depending on the time of year. This meant that water clocks had to be adjusted every day.\n\nSomebody finally figured out that by dividing the whole day into 24 hours of equal length (12 hours of the day plus 12 hours of the night), the time could be measured much more accurately.\n\nWhy was the day and night divided into 12 parts? Twelve is about the number of moon cycles in a year, so it is a special number in many cultures.\n\nThe hour is divided into 60 minutes, and each minute is divided into 60 seconds. The idea of dividing the hour and minute into 60 parts comes from the Sumerian sexagesimal system, which is based on the number 60. This system was developed about 4,000 years ago.
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Twenty-four.\n\nAccording to modern usage.  There have been different divisions in the past used by different cultures: an eight-hour day, a twelve-hour day.
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no\ntime is a man made thing, to quantify a distance we travel in the grand scheme of things\nexample: we use 24 hours for a day. had i been involved in the creation of this, we would have 273 gronks in one turewion, which would be equal to our current day. a day is logically based on one rotation of the earth, and a year a spin around the sun, so a turewion would equal a day, a fioreter would equal a year, but a month would not exist, nor a week\n\nlampoilman - thats pretty deep, got any 'cid left
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4:00\n\nEST = CST + 1 hour
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hh:mm:ss\n4:00:40 or\n8:00:20
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int main()\n{\nint minutes,hours;\nprintf("Enter the number of minutes /n");\nscanf("%d",&minutes);\n\nhours=minutes%60;\nminutes=minutes-(60*hours);\n\nprintf("Time is %d hours and %d minutes",hours,minutes);\n}
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So simple.... The letter "E" ...\n\nThe day means...sunday monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and so on....\n\nTuesday have one "E" and Wednesday have two "E" so there are 3 "E" in day... \n\nAnother way to justify this is by listing morning, afternoon, evening and night. if you count the "E" there are 3 "E".\nSo that explains it...Am i right guys?...
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Time: if it's 2 o'clock and you subtract two hours it goes back to 12 o'clock ;)
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60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day, 365 days in a year. Multiple 60, 60, 24, and 365 and you get 31,536,000 \n(unless it is a leap year or there is a leap second)
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Twenty-four-hour days, originated from ancient Egyptian sundials that divided the daylight into 12 equal segments. Sixty-minute hours and 60-second minutes are are from the ancient Mesopotamian sexigesimal numbering system, or base 60.\n     after the French Revolution the new government implemented  a decimal time system, or base ten. The french idea never took root and so we still have what we have today.\n \nneat question thanks for asking\n\npeace to you,\n\nBondservant
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31.536.000\nor\n31.622.400\n(depends if its a leap year)\n\nbtw...it's 1h has 60 mins...1 min has 60 secs....therefore it goes 60*60, which is 3600 secs\none day has 24 hours -> 24*3600 = 86.400 secs\nand finally 86.400 * 365, or 366 gives the upper results
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2 hours = 120 minutes\n120:90 reduces to\n4:3
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B\n\n1 day = 24 hours\n4 half life periods\n\n10\n5\n2.5\n1.25\n.625
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The easiest way is to figure the number of minutes (to get them the same), then figure the number of hours (to get them the same).\n\nFor example, you need to move from 10:30 to 11:15...\n\nMentally move the hand forward from 10:30 to 10:35, then 10:40, then 10:45, etc.  You'll see that to get to 11:15 you have to move *9* five minute increments.  (9 x 5 minutes = 45 minutes).  So now you have made the minutes the same :15 and :15.\n\nNext you need to go from 11:15 to 1:15.  You can ignore the minutes now... you should count two spots from 11 to 12 to 1.  That's 2 hours.\n\nSo your final answer is 2 hours and 45 minutes.