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Re:Ending the Era of the U.S. Survey Foot by jonas21 on Friday January 31, 2020 @10:33PM (#22208460)
They actually tried this, during the French Revolution:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar

It didn't catch on then either.

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Re:Ending the Era of the U.S. Survey Foot by zokier on Saturday February 01, 2020 @06:31AM (#22209987)
And again in the 90s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time
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