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Calendar Reform  

So it's another year, and another bunch of calendars on the wall etc.
I have often mused on the possibility of decimal time but I have always *assumed* that the months and weeks being organised into a year would not be capable of decimalising.
There is a proposal however, which is a good substitute. This guy has suggested a standard calendar which is the same every year! The whole year becomes predictable, the same date each year becomes same day of the week. So you can paint the calendar on the wall.
Simply taking the year as 364 days long means that it can be divided into exactly 52 weeks. Months are then organised into 4 cycles of 30, 30, 31 days. (All months are 30 days except March, June, Sept and Dec). Every 5 or 6 years there is a week long holiday (mid-winter) called a "Newton Week" to do the leap year thing (I always thought leap years were a bit of a cludge anyway).
I can't see anything wrong with it, but I can't see see how it could be wheeled into place either.

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