>The only real issue would be how to tackle the leap year problem. >I'd be happy to consider proposals for this.
The most sensible idea I've heard for this was proposed by the late Dr Isaac Asimov. A year consists of 13 months, each with 28 days. Each month has 4 weeks of 7 days each, using the familiar day names. This makes 364 days. The extra day is designated 'year day', which does not belong to any month, nor does it have a 'normal' day name (Mon, Tue etc). It follows the 28th day of the 13th month. The extra day for the leap year is 'leap day', and also does not belong to any particular month or traditional day name. It follows year day in those years designated as leap years. The advantages of this system: 1. All months are of equal length. 2. A particular date fall on the same day every year. 3. Each month has exactly four weeks. 4. The seven day week is preserved. 5. No change needed for units smaller than a day. Disadvantages: 1. It is not decimal based (including hour, minute second). Unfortunately, we simply can't achieve full decimalization. The imperial system fails because it has multiple units within the same dimension (e.g. length) which are independently defined (based on different appendages of some dead monarch's body). This results in these units being awkward multiples of each other. With time, we are faced with several units which have been defined either for us by the planetary movements (day and year) or by us and on which we have defined all our other units (second). Even if we discard those other units that impinge less on us such as the month, week, hour and minute, those remaining aren't even integral multiples let alone exact orders of magnitude. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Wade, EuroKom | E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (all domain mailers). Dale House | X400: g=tom;s=wade;o=eurokom;p=eurokom;a=eirmail400;c=ie 30, Dale Road | Tel: +353 (1) 278-7878 Stillorgan | Fax: +353 (1) 278-7879 Co Dublin | Disclaimer: This is not a disclaimer Ireland | Tip: "Friends don't let friends do Unix !"
