I’m a bit late with this but every time I try imperial based CAD templates or look at database tables that must handle Imperial I’m so glad that about 30 years ago this happened.
30 Years of the Metric System | NZ Ministry of Consumer Affairs
14 December 2006 – Thirty years ago today the metric system was introduced into New Zealand says Consumer Affairs Minister Judith Tizard. The Weights and Measures Amendment Act became law on the 14 December 1976…
You still encounter “Imperial measures” on legacy plans, old survey drawings usually, but it’s getting to be less common. Now we just need to adopt 24:00 time format to get rid of the am/pm stupidity.
It’s amusing that, nearly alone, America persist with “A collection of English units”
From Wikipedia: Countries without the Metric system are Liberia, Myanmar, and USA.
