Bill Potts wrote in USMA 17027: >The least disruptive proposal I've seen for that has four quarters, >consisting of months of 30, 30 and 31 days each. > >The proposal had a special, undated "World Day," for the 365th day, with a >"Leap Day" making up the 366 in leap years. > >World Day and Leap Day would be unique (i.e., would not have one of the >usual seven names). So every date would fall on the same day of the week, >every year. > >The trouble with the 13-month system is that it affects more birthdays and >other anniversaries and is out of sync with four naturally-occurring >events -- the two solstices and the two equinoxes. > >None of this would affect SI, of course. The second would remain the only >purely SI unit of time. > >Bill Potts, CMS
I was composing a message proposing the same calender, but Bill has said it better than I could. I am afraid that in addition to the general population's inertia with regard to change, the fundamentalist Jews, Christians and Moslems would object because it would upset the seven-day week established by God at the time of Creation. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
