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Originally Posted by j.p.s
You might want to look into the history of the French attempt at metric time.
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From what I understand, one of the reasons the Metric Calendar (10 months of 10-week days) was rejected is because of the loss of days off.
- 7-Day Week = 102 weekend days in a year (2 days each week)
- 10-Day Week = 72 weekend days in a year (2 days each week)
Although 7 might seem like an odd number (no pun intended) for the number of days in a week, consider that each week has one day of rest, leaving 6 workdays each which can be divided evenly into 1, 2, 3, and 6.
I remember reading/hearing somewhere that a base of 6 might be a viable alternative to 10 or 12 since: (1) it has the above factors, and (2) it doesn't involve the creation of two new symbols as would be need with base 12.