• IWantToFuckSpez
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    11 months ago

    New Year’s Day. The next day is Monday. And every four years there is a second New Year’s Day

    • @danc4498
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      1811 months ago

      I like this. That day that has no day.

      • @[email protected]
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        711 months ago

        And also, it should still be 12 months, just 4 months (December, January, June and July) should have 5 weeks while the other months have 4 weeks

        But they you still have irregularities. Easier to just add Undecimber to the calendar.

        • @alvvayson
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          You would then lose the ability to divide the year into pieces, since 13 is prime.

          No half-yearly, quarterly or bi-monthly rhythm.

          • snooggums
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            711 months ago

            Our quarters don’t follow the actual half anyway, with the solstice and equinox not matching up with the months.

          • @Makeitstop
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            511 months ago

            The divide is easy, and can be marked on the calendar like a holiday.

            • 3 months and a week
            • 6 months and two weeks
            • 9 months and three weeks
            • New years (or day before or after, take your pick)

            Much more convenient than making the whole calendar inconsistent.

          • @[email protected]
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            11 months ago

            Those divisions are already skewed in a 12 month calendar though because the number of days is not similarly divisible:

            Half year (6 months)

            1st half: 181 days (182 for leap years)

            2nd half: 184 days

            Quarter year (3 months)

            1st quarter: 90 days (91 for leap years)

            2nd quarter: 91 days

            3rd quarter: 92 days

            4th quarter: 92 days

            A leap year has 366 days which is evenly divisible by 2 and yet even then a “half year” at the monthly level doesn’t contain half the days of the year. Having uneven yearly divisions in a 13 month calendar would not be a new problem.