History:
As many are well aware, Canada spent much of its time converting from the imperial system of measurement to the metric system in the 1970s.

As the 1970s drew to a close, the final stages of metric conversion were being emblazoned onto the minds of Canadians with the final event being the introduction and usage of Metric Time to begin on January 1st, 1980.

Implementation:
Simply put, as with other metric measurements of things like distance and weight, Metric Time utilizes a simple base 10 system. Similar to the imperial time utilized in the United States (60 seconds to the minute, 60 minutes to the hour, 24 hours to the day), metric time is calculated within a base-10 framework. So, in this case, we now have 100 seconds to the minute, 100 minutes to the hour and 20 hours (or two 10 hour periods) to the day.

Conversion:
Though this has caused some concern with American tourists, metric time is very simple to use and is not cumbersome in its calculations as the older "imperial" time is.

The program shown to the left will simply and easily convert times within the same time zone - I have not yet brought in corrections for the various time zones across North America. So, if you are located in Florida and wish to know the time along Canada's east coast, then simply input your time. To figure out times in other time zones, input the appropriate time for that particular time zone.

Future Considerations:
In future, we hope to post a map showing the various time zones and the corresponding times across North America (similar to what you would find in the phone book).

Other application ideas may be emailed to: waronspam @ xibalba.com.

For additional information, please see the Government of Canada's "Time and Frequency Standards" website.