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Subject: IW: Playing with time units
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We all know that time-travel can be tricky when calendar systems
change; switching from Julian to Gregorian was bad enough, but there
are leap-seconds, "there is no year 0", and other annoyances, even
without jumping to Hebrew, Islamic, Chinese, or less well-known dating
systems. And so, for all you prospective time-travellers, I offer this
possibility for thought: Instead of worrying about all of the above,
simply count the number of seconds from a well-defined reference point
- let us say, the first man-made nuclear blast at Trinity.

Also, I'm attaching a few oddly standard time periods; I checked with
Google, and it seems I'm the first person to ever write 'exaweek'
online. :)

Trinity Reference Time:
 Monday, July 16, 1945
 05:29:45 Mountain War Time (11:29:45 Greenwich)

-432,300,000,000,000,000 T: 13,700,000,000 BC (Big Bang)
-315,564,829,000,000,000 T: 10,000,000,000 BC
-144,200,000,000,000,000 T: 4,570,000,000 BC (Earth formed)
-113,600,000,000,000,000 T: 3,600,000,000 BC (First life)
-31,556,538,200,000,000 T: 1,000,000,000 BC
-19,000,000,000,000,000 T: 600,000,000 BC (Multicellular animals
appear)
-7,131,800,000,000,000 T: 226,000,000 BC (Sun made one revolution
around galaxy)
-3,155,709,040,000,000 T: 100,000,000 BC
-2,067,000,000,000,000 T: 65,500,000 BC (K-T Extinction)
-631,190,900,000,000 T: 20,000,000 BC (First forms of grass appear)
-315,626,132,000,000 T: 10,000,000 BC
-157,843,748,000,000 T: 5,000,000 BC (Humans and chimpanzees split)
-31,617,840,600,000 T: 1,000,000 BC
-22,150,897,600,000 T: 700,000 BC (Reversal of Earth's magnetic field)
-18,995,249,900,000 T: 600,000 BC (Humans able to produce sounds of
spoken language)
-9,528,306,870,000 T: 300,000 BC (Homo sapiens seperates from Homo
erectus)
-4,794,835,350,000 T: 150,000 BC (Mitochondrial Eve)
-3,217,011,506,985 T: Jan 1, 100,000 BC
-1,639,187,666,985 T: Jan 1, 50,000 BC
-850,275,746,985 T: 25,000 BC (Neanderthals die out)
-692,493,362,985 T: Jan 1, 20,000 BC
-440,041,548,585 T: Jan 1, 12,000 BC
-376,928,594,985 T: Jan 1, 10,000 BC (Beginning of neolithic)
-358,941,403,209 T: 9,430 BC (End of ice age)
-313,815,641,385 T: 8,000 BC (Jericho founded)
-219,146,210,985 T: Jan 1, 5,000 BC
-187,589,734,185 T: Jan 1, 4,000 BC
-168,655,848,105 T: 3400 BC (Bronze age begins)
-165,500,200,425 T: 3300 BC (Sumerians develop Cuneiform)
-159,188,905,065 T: 3100 BC (Stonehenge construction started.)
-156,033,257,385 T: Jan 1, 3,000 BC
-153,508,739,241 T: 2920 BC (Egyptian Dynasty I)
-142,463,972,361 T: 2570 BC (Great Pyramid built)
-140,255,018,985 T: 2500 BC (horse domesticated in China)
-124,476,780,585 T: Jan 1, 2,000 BC
-118,165,485,225 T: 1,800 BC (Iron age begins)
-92,920,303,785 T: Jan 1, 1,000 BC
-61,363,826,985 T: Saturday, January 1, 1 00:00:00
-61,079,830,185 T: Wednesday, January 1, 10 00:00:00
-58,239,689,385 T: Wednesday, January 1, 100 00:00:00
-29,837,849,385 T: Monday, January 1, 1000 00:00:00
-11,292,953,385 T: Sunday, August 27, 1587 00:00:00 (Last person to
leave Roanoke)
-11,199,036,585 T: Tuesday, August 18, 1590 00:00:00 (Return to empty
Roanoke)
-10,903,289,385 T: Tuesday, January 1, 1600 00:00:00
-10,000,000,000 T: Friday, August 15, 1628 17:43:05
-9,000,000,000 T: Thursday, May 3, 1660 19:29:45
-8,000,000,000 T: Sunday, January 10, 1692 21:16:25
-7,747,529,385 T: Monday, January 1, 1700 00:00:00
-7,000,000,000 T: Thursday, September 19, 1723 23:03:05
-6,000,000,000 T: Thursday, May 29, 1755 00:49:45
-5,000,000,000 T: Sunday, February 4, 1787 02:36:25
-4,592,719,785 T: Wednesday, January 1, 1800 00:00:00
-4,000,000,000 T: Wednesday, October 14, 1818 04:23:05
-3,919,318,185 T: Saturday, May 5, 1821 00:00:00 (Napoleon dies)
-3,000,000,000 T: Saturday, June 22, 1850 06:09:45
-2,000,000,000 T: Tuesday, February 28, 1882 07:56:25
-1,437,046,185 T: Monday, January 1, 1900 00:00:00
-1,169,032,354 T: Tuesday, June 30, 1908 00:17:11 (Tunguska event)
-1,000,000,000 T: Friday, November 7, 1913 09:43:05
-174,828,585 T: Monday, January 1, 1940 00:00:00
-100,000,000 T: Saturday, May 16, 1942 01:43:05
-16,975,785 T: Monday, January 1, 1945 00:00:00
-10,000,000 T: Thursday, March 22, 1945 17:43:05
-1,337,385 T: Sunday, July 1, 1945 00:00:00
-1,000,000 T: Wednesday, July 4, 1945 21:43:05
-100,000 T: Sunday, July 15, 1945 07:43:05
-41,385 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 00:00:00
-10,000 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 08:43:05
-1,000 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:13:05
-100 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:28:05
-10 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:29:35
-1 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:29:44
0 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:29:45
1 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:29:46 (Light from blast has travelled
299,792.458 km.)
10 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:29:55
100 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:31:25
1,000 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 11:46:25
10,000 T: Monday, July 16, 1945 14:16:25
45,015 T: Tuesday, July 17, 1945 00:00:00
1,000,000 T: Saturday, July 28, 1945 01:16:25
1,341,015 T: Wednesday, August 1, 1945 00:00:00
10,000,000 T: Friday, November 9, 1945 05:16:25
14,560,215 T: Tuesday, January 1, 1946 00:00:00
100,000,000 T: Wednesday, September 15, 1948 21:16:25
140,790,615 T: Sunday, January 1, 1950 00:00:00
500,000,000 T: Saturday, May 20, 1961 12:23:05
579,164,415 T: Friday, November 22, 1963 18:30:00 (JFK assassinated)
800,000,000 T: Saturday, November 21, 1970 17:43:05
900,000,000 T: Tuesday, January 22, 1974 03:29:45
1,000,000,000 T: Thursday, March 24, 1977 13:16:25
1,750,249,815 T: Monday, January 1, 2001 00:00:00
1,883,561,091 T: Wednesday, March 23, 2005, at 22:54:36 UTC 
2,000,000,000 T: Sunday, November 30, 2008 15:03:05
3,000,000,000 T: Wednesday, August 8, 2040 16:49:45
4,000,000,000 T: Saturday, April 16, 2072 18:36:25
4,874,387,415 T: Friday, January 1, 2100 00:00:00
5,000,000,000 T: Tuesday, December 25, 2103 20:23:05
6,000,000,000 T: Friday, September 2, 2135 22:09:45
7,000,000,000 T: Monday, May 11, 2167 23:56:25
8,000,000,000 T: Friday, January 18, 2199 01:43:05
8,030,061,015 T: Wednesday, January 1, 2200 00:00:00
9,000,000,000 T: Monday, September 27, 2230 03:29:45
10,000,000,000 T: Thursday, June 5, 2262 05:16:25
33,275,622,615 T: Wednesday, January 1, 3000 00:00:00
64,832,488,215 T: Saturday, January 1, 4000 00:00:00
96,388,965,015 T: Jan 1, 5000 AD
127,945,441,815 T: Jan 1, 6000 AD
159,501,918,615 T: Jan 1, 7000 AD
191,058,395,415 T: Jan 1, 8000 AD
222,614,872,215 T: Jan 1, 9000 AD
254,171,349,015 T: Jan 1, 10,000 AD.
569,736,117,015 T: Jan 1, 20,000 AD
1,516,430,421,015 T: Jan 1, 50,000 AD
3,094,254,261,015 T: Jan 1, 100,000 AD
1.26219768e15 T: 40,000,000 AD (Australia slams into Asia)
7.13170236e15 T: 226,000,000 AD (Solar system makes one revolution
around galaxy)
1.42004084e17 T: 4,500,000,000 AD (Sun becomes red giant)
6.31129475e17 T: 20,000,000,000 AD (Possible 'Big Rip' end of the
universe)
1.32537196e18 T: 42,000,000,000 AD (Earliest possible 'Big Crunch')
3.15564768e21 T: 10^14 AD (End of Stelliferous Age, galaxy and star
formation ceases)
3.15564768e22 T: 10^15 AD (Planets flung from orbits)
3.15564768e23 T: 10^16 AD (Stars flung from orbits)
3.15564768e43 T: 10^36 AD (Half of protons decay)
3.15564768e47 T: 10^40 AD (All protons decay)
3.15564768e157 T: 10^150 AD (All black holes decay)

(Program used: http://www.timeanddate.com/date/duration.html ("The
calculation is performed using USA calendar system, and UTC-time, so
no local time zones or leap seconds is taken into consideration."),
plus a healthy dose of Google Calculator.)

1 second
1.209 seconds = 1 microfortnight.
3.155 seconds = 1 nanocentury.
3.6 seconds = 1 millihour
6 seconds = 1 deciminute
8.64 seconds = 1 myrioday.
10 seconds = 1 decasecond
31.556 seconds = 1 microyear. 1 nanomillenium.
36 seconds = 1 centihour
60 seconds = 1 minute.
60.48 seconds = 1 myrioweek. 1.008 minutes.
86.4 seconds = 1 milliday. 1.44 minutes.
100 seconds = 1 hectosecond. 1.667 minutes.
120.96 seconds = 1 myriofortnight. 2.016 minutes.
315.564 seconds = 1 microdecade.
360 seconds = 1 decihour. 6 minutes.
600 seconds = 1 decaminute. 10 minutes.
604.8 seconds = 1 milliweek. 10.08 minutes.
864 seconds = 1 centiday. 14.4 minutes.
1,000 seconds 1 kilosecond. 16.67 minutes.
1,209.6 seconds = 1 millifortnight. 20.16 minutes.
3,155.647 seconds = 1 myrioyear. 52.594 minutes. 1 microcentury.
3,600 seconds = 1 hour. 60 minutes.
6,000 seconds = 1 hectominute. 1.667 hours.
6,048 seconds = 1 centiweek. 1.68 hours.
8,640 seconds = 1 deciday. 2.4 hours.
10,000 seconds = 1 myriasecond. 2.778 hours.
12,096 seconds = 1 centifortnight. 2.4 hours.
31,556.476 seconds = 1 milliyear. 8.765 hours. 1 micromillenium. 1
myriodecade.
36,000 seconds = 1 decahour. 10 hours.
60,000 seconds = 1 kilominute. 16.667 hours.
60,480 seconds = 1 deciweek. 16.8 hours.
86,400 seconds = 1 day. 24 hours.
120,960 seconds = 1 decifortnight. 1.4 days.
315,564.768 seconds = 1 centiyear. 3.652 days. 1 myriocentury. 1
millidecade.
360,000 seconds = 1 hectohour. 4.167 days.
600,000 seconds = 1 myriaminute. 6.944 days.
604,800 seconds = 1 week. 7 days.
864,000 seconds = 1 decaday. 10 days.
1,000,000 seconds = 1 megasecond. 11.574 days.
1,209,600 seconds = 1 fortnight. 14 days.
2,360,594.88 seconds = 1 sidereal month. 27.321 days.
3,155,647.68 seconds = 1 deciyear. 36.523 days. 1 myriomillenium. 1
millicentury. 1 centidecade.
3,600,000 seconds = 1 kilohour. 41.667 days.
6,048,000 seconds = 1 decaweek. 70 days.
8,640,000 seconds = 1 hectoday. 100 hours.
12,096,000 seconds = 1 decafortnight. 140 days.
31,556,476.8 seconds = 1 year. 365.2 days. 1 millimillenium. 1
centicentury. 1 decidecade.
36,000,000 seconds = 1 myriahour. 1.14079553 years.
60,000,000 seconds = 1 megaminute. 1.90132588 years.
60,480,000 seconds = 1 hectoweek. 1.91653649 years.
86,400,000 seconds = 1 kiloday. 2.73790926 years.
120,960,000 seconds = 1 hectofortnight. 3.83307297 years.
315,564,768 seconds = 1 decade. 10 years. 1 centimillenium. 1
decicentury. 1 decayear.
604,800,000 seconds = 1 kiloweek. 19.1653649 years.
864,000,000 seconds = 1 myriaday. 27.3790926 years.
1,000,000,000 seconds = 1 gigasecond. 31.6887646 years.
1,209,600,000 seconds = 1 kilofortnight. 38.3307297 years.
3,155,647,680 seconds = 1 century. 100 years. 1 decimillenium. 1
decadecade. 1 hectoyear.
3,600,000,000 seconds = 1 megahour. 114.079553 years.
6,048,000,000 seconds = 1 myriaweek. 191.653649 years.
12,096,000,000 seconds = 1 myriafortnight. 383.307297 years.
31,556,476,800 seconds = 1 millenium. 1,000 years. 1 kiloyear 1
hectodecade. 1 decacentury.
60,000,000,000 seconds = 1 gigaminute. 1,901.32588 years.
86,400,000,000 seconds = 1 megaday. 2,737.90926 years.
315,564,768,000 seconds = 1 kilodecade. 10,000 years. 1 hectocentury.
1 myrioyear. 1 decamillenium.
604,800,000,000 seconds = 1 megaweek. 19,165.3649 years.
1,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 terasecond. 31,688.7646 years.
1,209,600,000,000 seconds = 1 megafortnight. 38,330.7297 years.
3,155,647,680,000 seconds = 1 myriadecade. 100,000 years. 1
kilocentury. 1 hectomillenium.
3,600,000,000,000 seconds = 1 gigahour. 114,079.553 years.
31,556,476,800,000 seconds = 1 mega-annum, 1 megayear. 1,000,000
years. 1 myriacentury. 1 kilomillenium.
60,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 teraminute
86,400,000,000,000 seconds = 1 gigaday.
315,564,768,000,000 seconds = 1 megadecade. 10,000,000 years. 1
myriamillenium.
604,800,000,000,000 seconds = 1 gigaweek
1,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 petasecond
1,209,600,000,000,000 seconds = 1 gigafortnight
3,155,647,680,000,000 seconds = 1 megacentury. 100,000,000 years.
3,600,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 terahour
31,556,476,800,000,000 seconds = 1 giga-annum, 1 gigayear.
1,000,000,000 years. 1 megamillenium.
60,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 petaminute
86,400,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 teraday
315,564,768,000,000,000 seconds = 1 gigadecade
604,800,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 teraweek
1,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 exasecond
1,209,600,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 terafortnight
3,155,647,680,000,000,000 seconds = 1 gigacentury
3,600,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 petahour
31,556,476,800,000,000,000 seconds = 1 tera-annum, 1 terayear. 1
gigamillenium.
60,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 examinute
86,400,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 petaday
315,564,768,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 teradecade
604,800,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 petaweek
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zettasecond
1,209,600,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 petafortnight
3,155,647,680,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 teracentury
3,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 exahour
31,556,476,800,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 peta-annum, 1 petayear. 1
teramillenium.
60,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zettaminute
86,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 exaday
315,564,768,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 petadecade
604,800,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 exaweek
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yottasecond
1,209,600,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 exafortnight
3,155,647,680,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 petacentury
3,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zettahour
31,556,476,800,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 exa-annum, 1 exayear. 1
petamillenium.
60,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yottaminute
86,400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zettaday
315,564,768,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 exadecade
604,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zettaweek
1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 xentasecond
1,209,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zettafortnight
3,155,647,680,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 exacentury
3,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yottahour
31,556,476,800,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zetta-annum, 1
zettayear. 1 examillenium.
60,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 xentaminute
86,400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yottaday
315,564,768,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zettadecade
604,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yottaweek
1,209,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yottafortnight
3,155,647,680,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 zettacentury
3,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 xentahour
31,556,476,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yotta-annum, 1
yottayear. 1 zettamillenium.
86,400,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 xentaday
315,564,768,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yottadecade
604,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 xentaweek
1,209,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1
xentafortnight
3,155,647,680,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1 yottacentury
31,556,476,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1
xenta-annum, 1 xentayear. 1 yottamillenium.
315,564,768,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1
xentadecade
3,155,647,680,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1
xentacentury
31,556,476,800,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 seconds = 1
xentamillenium.

Thank you for your time,
-- 
DataPacRat