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They are not necessarily positive. If you're talking about scientific/mathematical calculations of time, then only half are positive ;).

If you are talking about how we in america culturally refer to time in day to day speech and thought, I think that's a question having to do not with time itself, but with the society that refers to it as important only when perceiving it in one direction; forward. (subjectively, of course, compared to other, older, societies around the world)

In many other cultures when telling time in day to day speech it is common to say "H minus mm" or "without mm, H" as would be closer to a direct translation. Those would be considered a negative interval, moving backwards, while telling time.

To better answer your question, I would need clarification on what you mean.

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