New Earth Time

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The 24-hour analog clock at Greenwich

New Earth Time (or NET) is an alternative naming system for measuring the time of day. NET uses the angle past midnight in degrees, minutes, and seconds rather than 24 hours. At any moment there is a single NET time for the entire world, like UTC on which NET is based.

New Earth Time was invented on 15 September 1999. The rights to the name New Earth Time (or NET) and slogan "360 degrees of time" are novel and owned by degree NET Ltd. The concept has been widely implemented, as it is nothing more than a 24-hour analog time piece set to UTC. There is a large 24-hour analog clock on the grounds at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in London.

The day begins at midnight in Greenwich, England, United Kingdom (AKA The Prime Meridian). This time is also called 00:00 UTC which is equivalent to 0°0'0" NET time. Each degree has 60 NET minutes, and each NET minute has 60 NET seconds. One NET degree is therefore equivalent to four (normal) minutes, and one normal hour is equivalent to 15 NET degrees.

This naming convention can be summarized: The NET time is the same as the UTC read off a 24-hour analog clock as the angle past midnight of the hour hand. For example, noon is 180°0'0" NET time and at that time the hour hand is pointing straight down forming a 180° angle when measured from the top/midnight. A full circle is 360 degrees and one NET day.

Yes Watches makes several models that have 24-hour and multi-timezone features^[1]. The feature also appears on a common make of fake Rolex watches^[2]. RTL watches of England makes the RLT9-GMT that has an independent 24-hour hand that is set on GMT, and has made similar watches since 1987^[3].

Similar ideas for unifying time measurement across the globe include Swatch Internet Time; another rebranding of UTC.