Re:Re:conversions

[Free Spirit <FRANK@rover.bsd.uchicago.edu>]

>From:	SMTP%"radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu"  5-FEB-1996 13:40:39.84
>Subj:	Re:Re:conversions

>Yes metric time.  I'm so tired of having to add that extra day in February.
>
>Radiation Protection, Ministry of Health, British Columbia
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>rnross@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca

	Not all units are useless. Digital's VMS operating system allows
	a time unit of fortnight. It's actually useful for scheduling things
	(like payroll runs,) that must occur every two weeks.

	But this leads to the unusual situation that a micro-fortnight is
	a legal expression of time.

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