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[-] cori 59 points 2 years ago

New years day is always a holiday that doesn't fall on any other day of the calendar. It's just kind of its own thing. No idea how that would actually work irl but that is usually how this proposal is explained.

[-] watersnipje 53 points 2 years ago

As a software engineer, I beg of you

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 24 points 2 years ago

We just shut down the servers for one day a year and reboot all of them. How hard can it be?

[-] watersnipje 7 points 2 years ago

Ok, and we just don’t process any of the data from that day, ever?

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 2 years ago

what happens on new years stays in new years

[-] golli@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago

So we basically make the Purge a reality?

[-] maynarkh@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago

Let's be honest, we all could do with a bit less data processing.

[-] KamikazeRusher@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Network switches with over 10 years of uptime chuckle nervously

[-] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

Just invent 0. Array starts from 0 so can new year

[-] watersnipje 5 points 2 years ago
[-] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

Kinda sounds easier to implement tbh, like, right now leap days are in a specific month, but wouldn't it (in addition to a hypothetical new years day) be easier to handle and remember if they are a very explicit part of the calendar system?

[-] watersnipje 7 points 2 years ago

On the one hand, yes. On the other hand, now there is a day that is not part of a week, or a month. And we have a month and a week that don’t immediately follow after the previous one.

[-] BlackRoseAmongThorns@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago

Very reasonable

[-] Denalduh@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

You'll also need plan for timezones as well.

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