2009 delayed by a second

By  MADHU AGRAWAL

Metric unit of time should be introduced. One day to be divided in 10 metric hours instead of 24 hours. Each metric hour may have 100 metric minutes with a metric minute of 100 metric seconds thereby making a complete day of 100000 metric seconds..

ONE SECOND was added to last hour of the year 2008 for matching earth’s rotation with conventional 24-hour clock. But when all other measures are converted in metric-system from earlier haphazard systems, metric-measure of time has not yet been introduced.
Metric unit of time should be introduced with a complete day divided in 10 metric hours instead of present 24 hours.

Each metric hour may have 100 metric minutes with a metric minute having 100 metric seconds thereby making a complete day of 100000 metric seconds instead of present 86400 seconds.
Except India and few other countries like Nepal, most countries have time-zones separated from standard GMT time in multiples of one complete hour. International authorities regulating ‘time’ should make it compulsory for all nations to adopt time-zones deviating from standard GMT time in multiples of one complete hour. Accordingly India can be kept in time zone of GMT+6 hours instead of present GMT+5.30 hours till metric-unit of time is introduced globally.