[owlninja]

Somehow, for the first time ever, I recently heard the idea of the 13 month year and I sort of nodded my head in interest. Then I heard someone breakdown the history of calendars and it really blew my mind. Mainly the amount of thought that went into it and the incredible span of time it was revised and discussed!

[brandensilva]

The 13 month per calendar year (Mayan calendar) just makes so much sense as a web developer but somehow as a human it also seems hella mundane to have the same 28 day cycle repeated. Maybe that last day of the year party would make up for it though.

[mnw21cam]

I quite like the hobbit calendar. 12 months of 30 days each, plus 5 (or 6) extra days that don't belong to a month and are celebration days. Mid-year day and the leap day don't have a day of the week, so each date always is the same day of the week.

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Shire_Calendar

[bombcar]

Days that aren't part of a month are such a elegant way to solve the problem.

Even now 29 Feb shouldn't exist, it should just be "leap day" and have no numerical significance.

Screw the computers, they can learn to adapt.

[andirk]

The Y29K Bug. That would fix the current "Don't Get Paid for A Day" trick that Leap Years do to salaried people.

[brandensilva]

More celebration days, no complaints here. I wish humanity cared more about such universal celebrations that brought us together.

Of course those days would be very hectic travel wise if the entire population of earth were to migrate around on those days.

[Ma8ee]

The only disadvantage I can see is that you’d have your birthday in the same day of the week every year. If you are born on a Monday, you’ll celebrate on a Monday every year in your life.

[eesmith]

In our current calendar system I don't always celebrate my birthday on my birthday.

[szundi]

This is so true and adds to the prev prev argument

[eesmith]

I'm so familiar with the Gregorian calendar that I would prefer the International Fixed Calendar (13 months of 28 days + Leap Day and Year Day) with its yearly synchronization over the Mayan calendar.

[eternauta3k]

This is an excellent podcast on the history of timekeeping: https://www.hi101.ca/?p=566