Software developers hearing we're changing the calendar 💀
We should all just switch to Unix time.
That'll be great for 14 years
Linux has been switching that to 64 bit, applications just need to catch up and use the new call. They've got almost a decade and a half, so I'd hope they'll all be updated, but you know there'll be something subtle and critical that only gets done at the last second.
You really think the world could come to an agreement on which day the week should start? Would be really awkward if a month starts with the second or third day of the week.
International Fixed Calendar? I seem to remember hearing a proposal for the 13th month being called Sol which is kinda cool.
Wouldn't it make sense to have the 1st be a Sunday and 28th be a Saturday?
I used to think the same, even made fun of friends and family for setting calendars to start on Monday, but then I tried it and found the light
perennial calendars – specifically leap week calendars (already implemented in the ISO week date calendar) – keeps all the advantages of 28 day months, and the leap week (instead of a leap day) allows for everything to stay lined up and doesn’t interrupt the 7-day week cycle
Metric time is TAI
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