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A bit off topic, but I enjoyed this quite a lot!
https://youtu.be/EcMTHr3TqA0
Dan
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Here are two (unimportant) objections to the Nearest-Monday year-start
system:
1. It's based on the Gregorian leapyear-rule, meaning that it isn't
self-contained & free-standing. Mostly an aesthetic objection, and I don't
consider it important.
2. It inherits certain properties of the Gregorian
t;> I personally like the ISO WeekDate as the best calendar-reform proposal.
>>>
>>> But, recognizing that many people wouldn't want to give up the months,
>>> and
>>> would want to keep them for familiarity & continuity, the 30,30,31
>>> mont
f it.
>>>
>>> I personally like the ISO WeekDate as the best calendar-reform proposal.
>>>
>>> But, recognizing that many people wouldn't want to give up the months,
>>> and
>>> would want to keep them for familiarity & continuity, the
*The Minimum-Displacement Leapyear Rule:*
This is a leap-week leapyear-rule.
The common (non-leap) year is 364 days long.
A leapyear is 364 + 7 = 371 days long.
The leapweek is added at the end of the year, becoming part of that year
Epoch: Gregorian January 2, 2017
is this calendar's start,
eventually translated into Roman-Gregorian dates.
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>>>
>>> ...but they wouldn't have to, if we adopted the ISO WeekDate calendar as
>>> our civil calendar, worldwide.
>>>
>>> ISO WeekDate has the great advantage of use-precedent. ...lots of it.
>>>
>>&g
dent. ...lots of it.
>>>
>>> I personally like the ISO WeekDate as the best calendar-reform proposal.
>>>
>>> But, recognizing that many people wouldn't want to give up the months,
>>> and
>>> would want to keep them for familiarity & co
> ...but they wouldn't have to, if we adopted the ISO WeekDate calendar as
>>> our civil calendar, worldwide.
>>>
>>> ISO WeekDate has the great advantage of use-precedent. ...lots of it.
>>>
>>> I personally like the ISO Week
