I believed I use to see that the symbols: " and ' were abbreviations for time... is that still the case? I am trained as an Engineer or it is possible that I am confusing it with the longitude/latitude. I know that they are symbols for height.
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In addition to representing feet and inches, ' and " are also used for "minutes" and "seconds" respectively - whether this is in the context of latitude/longitude or in the context of time, although the latter is more informal.
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Yeah, it's less common to see
'used for minutes of time and"used for seconds of time than it is to see those characters used for minutes and seconds of longitude/latitude. I wouldn't say that either is "informal", but the audience for time values is broader than that for longitude/latitude values and hence less likely to be familiar with the notation. Commented Jul 26, 2016 at 19:45 -
I've seen it in timing contexts before, especially on stop watches with cheap displays.– SlepzCommented Jul 26, 2016 at 23:41