Strange time

Loren · February 27th, 2017, 07:07 PM

If the time is 23:59:59 Military time, what time is it on an eight-hour clock?

greg1313 · February 27th, 2017, 07:19 PM

One second before eight o'clock, I guess.

Maschke · February 27th, 2017, 07:25 PM

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If the time is 23:59:59 Military time, what time is it on an eight-hour clock?

An eight hour clock? Well it would be 7:59:59 ZM, where the day is divided into AM, PM, and ZM.

Loren · February 27th, 2017, 07:52 PM

I thought that an eight-hour clock would not have eights or nines, something like base 8.

Also, I pictured a minute having 40 seconds and an hour having 40 minutes.

I guess one way to start would be to calculate how many seconds were in 23:59:59 and follow these premises.

I don't believe it's as easy as per usual subtracting one second off of a standard clock.

Benit13 · February 28th, 2017, 01:16 AM

You'd have to pick a point where you define the clocks to be the same value (say, 00:00 at midnight) and then just count up the seconds from there.

agentredlum · February 28th, 2017, 01:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Loren $View Post$

I thought that an eight-hour clock would not have eights or nines, something like base 8.

Also, I pictured a minute having 40 seconds and an hour having 40 minutes.

I guess one way to start would be to calculate how many seconds were in 23:59:59 and follow these premises.

I don't believe it's as easy as per usual subtracting one second off of a standard clock.

That's debatable , a 24 hour clock has numbers 24 to 59 so .... doesn't look like a tight constraint on the clock modulus.

February 27th, 2017, 07:07 PM	#1
Loren Senior Member Joined: May 2015 From: Arlington, VA Posts: 435 Thanks: 28 Math Focus: Number theory	Strange time If the time is 23:59:59 Military time, what time is it on an eight-hour clock?
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February 27th, 2017, 07:19 PM	#2
greg1313 Global Moderator Joined: Oct 2008 From: London, Ontario, Canada - The Forest City Posts: 7,950 Thanks: 1141 Math Focus: Elementary mathematics and beyond	One second before eight o'clock, I guess.
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February 27th, 2017, 07:52 PM	#4
Loren Senior Member Joined: May 2015 From: Arlington, VA Posts: 435 Thanks: 28 Math Focus: Number theory	I thought that an eight-hour clock would not have eights or nines, something like base 8. Also, I pictured a minute having 40 seconds and an hour having 40 minutes. I guess one way to start would be to calculate how many seconds were in 23:59:59 and follow these premises. I don't believe it's as easy as per usual subtracting one second off of a standard clock.
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Benit13 Senior Member Joined: Apr 2014 From: Glasgow Posts: 2,156 Thanks: 731 Math Focus: Physics, mathematical modelling, numerical and computational solutions	You'd have to pick a point where you define the clocks to be the same value (say, 00:00 at midnight) and then just count up the seconds from there.
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