#man-day

[was-a-mistake]

I'm sorry about the man-day thing. I was tired.

[oosik]

anthrowback replied to your post:Searching through Alaska archaeology grey literature:

Although often presented as 8 hours, studies have shown that the average man-day is 6 hours, in keeping with the man-inch concept

[oosik]

oqos replied to your post:Searching through Alaska archaeology grey literature:

What is a man-day?!

I believe it's just a way of saying that people worked for that many days. You still occasionally hear the word "man-hours," for the combined amount of hours done collectively by all people on a job, but I think "man-day" has fallen off the grid. Now, "man-day" just reminds me of The Man Show. Oh, and it wasn't explicit, but that report was distributed in 1985. 

[oosik]

Searching through Alaska archaeology grey literature:

“In 1984, a 45 man-day field survey effort…”