Bill Walton wrote: > It always seemed like a good idea to me. (It would also put leap day >in a more convenient place on the analemma!) I understand that through the L >of N, or the UN, approval was obtained from many nations and most of the >world religious bodies. Anyone know what happened to the idea and the >movement behind it? > In the World Calendar Association's proposal January, April, July and October all began on a Sunday and had 31 days. February, May, August and November had 31 days and began on Wednesdays wheras March, June, September and December began on a Friday and each had 30 days.
The days of the week fell on the same date every year. This accounted for 364 days. The remaining one 'World Day' was to be a holiday between December 30th and January 1st with an additional 'Leap Year Day' between 30th June and July 1st. (De Carle) I suppose it went the same way as other good ideas such as Esperanto and the Janko keyboard for the piano - that amazing idea allowed anyone to play any scale with only two fingerings and easily span 15ths!! The dead hand of tradition soon put a stop to that! (JPEG line drawing on request)!! How far off topic can this man get?? - --- -. -.-- / -- --- ... ...
