[Pitch] Clock, Instant, Date, and Duration

Picking up from SE-0329: Clock, Instant, Date, and Duration - #9 by davedelong
I'm fine with minute and hour as well.
Yes, those can cause trouble — but using seconds isn't safe either when you are using the wrong clock (and imho this is the actual danger).

Years and months are definitely not a good addition, simply because there is no proper translation to seconds.

For weeks and days, I'd say the connection (1 day equals 24 * 60 * 60 seconds, and a week has seven days) is quite strong (because exceptions are really rare), but the connection to a calendar is stronger:
It is location dependent, and we just don't visit Mars or Venus often enough to encounter conflicting interpretations.

For hours and minutes, I've never seen such a conflict, and all stopwatches I know make the same cut.

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