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minus-squareIninewCrow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoA proposed better calendar that would have made as much sense as converting to the metric system https://www.mic.com/articles/139584/this-13-month-calendar-proposal-on-reddit-would-make-our-lives-so-much-better EDIT: turns out that the idea is not so new … it was called the “International Fixed Calendar” and it was first proposed in 1902 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar
minus-squarePatFusty@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoWhat’s stopping us from just switching to this calendar right now? How do I convert my birthday to this calendar? I’ll switch this very second
minus-squareMadlaine@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoHalf year = 6 Months 2 Weeks Quarter year = 3 Months 1 Week
minus-squaremuelltonne@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoThe idea is even older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
A proposed better calendar that would have made as much sense as converting to the metric system
https://www.mic.com/articles/139584/this-13-month-calendar-proposal-on-reddit-would-make-our-lives-so-much-better
EDIT: turns out that the idea is not so new … it was called the “International Fixed Calendar” and it was first proposed in 1902
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar
What’s stopping us from just switching to this calendar right now? How do I convert my birthday to this calendar? I’ll switch this very second
Half year = 6 Months 2 Weeks
Quarter year = 3 Months 1 Week
The idea is even older: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar