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The French Republican Calendar, developed and by the French government from 1793-1805, implemented radically different units of time, including 10 hour days, 100 minute hours, 100 seconds per minute, and new secular names for the months. What havoc, if any, did this cause in France?

by /u/demuratrix in /r/AskHistorians

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