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Standard Time was a rather brilliant invention for it’s time. It is based on the rotation of the earth and relative position of the sun. It allows us to relate to the difference between night and day. All very relevant concepts if you are only going to stay on this planet.

So, if it’s now on the Moon where the Eagle landed, and now where you stand and it’s now where I stand, then what time is it? And it goes on. Saturn? Pluto? The Milky Way?

With the invention of the computer, cellphone (aka cc), and the widespread use of the Internet, we can all synchronize our watches so that we are much closer to one definitive measure for time. We just have a lot of different “nows”.

It seems to me that a new way of measuring time is in order and is probably in the works somewhere. Star Trek used the concept of Star Date xxx which I’m sure every true Trekkie can tell you exactly how it works. I certainly don’t know.

It needs to be very simple and possibly metric will work because it’s ten based mathematics. I have used hexadecimal math in working with the innards of electronic musical devices and can reassure you that 16 base math won’t be considered. We don’t have 16 toes or fingers and I still can’t remember how 11-16 are written. I know it uses letters A-F to represent them. But addition, subtraction, multiplication, division of any kind forced me to bring out the clunky scientific calculator. Standard Time isn’t that intuitive either (12 or 24 or 60 based math?)

I don’t have the answer for the replacement of Standard Time. I just know it’s going to come some day because time is much bigger than just this little planet that we live on. It is certainly probable that your grandchildren will be living somewhere not on this planet.

How are their mothers going to tell them to not be late for dinner.

Some things won’t change.