tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Sep 01 23:22:17 1998
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Klingon Time 2
There exists some evidence from books, not all containing canon tlhIngan Hol,
that Qo'noS is about 1-1/2 times the [surface] size of Earth. The Klingons
refer to time in 24 one-hour periods, using military terminology to express
time. Thus, 11:30 pm is given as cha'maH wejvatlh wejmaH rep. This implies
that each {rep} is 1/24th of the amount of time it takes Qo'noS to rotate on
its axis. The size of the planet implies that the {repmey} could be
substantially longer than an Earth hour. There is no concrete proof that
there are 60 tupmey in a rep, but it appears to be so, from the sketchy
evidence about military time-telling.
OTOH, we do not know anything for sure about the divisions of a {rep}, a
{tup}, or a {lup}. Not only do we on Earth use Earth time-telling methods
even when talking about Klingon time, it appears to me that Klingon divisions
of time are demarcated in like divisions. Apparently, the divisions are
nearly 1-1/2 times longer!?!
maSovchu'be'
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