There Used to Be a Metric Calendar (and Metric Clocks!)
Back
when the whole Metric rage was taking place, the French decided to play
with time as well. The Metric Calendar (also called the French Republican Calendar)
divided the year into 12 months. While the 12 doesn’t exactly fit into
the scheme, each of those months was divided into three 10 day weeks.
Each day was broken down into 10 decimal hours, and each hour was 100
decimal minutes each. While metric clocks and calendars were designed to
push the new system, the idea never really took off, and mandatory use
of the system was suspended just three years into its launch in 1795.
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