I’m not sure how far our idiosyncratic month names traveled outside European cultures. For example, in Chinese and Korean, the months are simply called “month 1”, “month 2.” And so on.
Chinese even labels the days of the week as “day 1”, “day 2”, etc., except Sunday, which is “sky day.”
Some very rational people are for a base twelve number system. The main argument is that it is easier in the every day living for calculating 1/3 and 1/4.
Appreciated all the details on time in here! I knew that clocks and calendars were tampered with during the French Revolution, but never to the degree. Curious to know more on the "time dysphoria" / disorientation around that change.
You made a point about the Gregorian calendar lasting thousands of years into the future, but I found out that even with the correction from Julian > Gregorian, our calendar still drifts away from the calendar by 26 seconds per year. If the clock people don't accept the Dean Second, it might come down to a Leap Year Double Day where they have to add a February 30th every 3,300 years (as you've noted, weirder things have happened).
Overall, I definitely resonate with your conclusion on embracing the quirkiness of time. There are subtle benefits from the irregularities. I used to be intrigued by the Internal Fixed Calendar (13 months of 28 days plus an isolated New Years Day), but the more I think about, the more I realize how repeating an identical month could lead to a Groundhog's Day feeling. Indeed, it would suck to be born on a Monday. Kodak actually operated on this system from 1928-1989, and it could be worth looking into the psychological effects it had on the workers. It was likely better for the business than the humans.
Currently in the middle of an experiment where I'm "off clocks." My lock screen has the time in Cambodian symbols so I can't make sense of them, and every device is set to military time in a different time zone. If I want the real time, I have to go to the stove or time.gov. Our devices make a weird assumption that you should be constantly oriented to the time. I'm 6 days in, and it's more pleasant than inconvenient so far.
you might be intrigued by 'the dean second': https://open.substack.com/pub/michaeldean9/p/abolish-leap-year-by-2035?r=2cys&utm_medium=ios
I’m not sure how far our idiosyncratic month names traveled outside European cultures. For example, in Chinese and Korean, the months are simply called “month 1”, “month 2.” And so on.
Chinese even labels the days of the week as “day 1”, “day 2”, etc., except Sunday, which is “sky day.”
Thanks for this deep dive into the history of the calendar! It was very interesting snd informative.
Some very rational people are for a base twelve number system. The main argument is that it is easier in the every day living for calculating 1/3 and 1/4.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodecimal
My birthday is Feb. 28, so it’s fun for me to every once in a while have one more day after my day before Feb. ends. :)
Appreciated all the details on time in here! I knew that clocks and calendars were tampered with during the French Revolution, but never to the degree. Curious to know more on the "time dysphoria" / disorientation around that change.
You made a point about the Gregorian calendar lasting thousands of years into the future, but I found out that even with the correction from Julian > Gregorian, our calendar still drifts away from the calendar by 26 seconds per year. If the clock people don't accept the Dean Second, it might come down to a Leap Year Double Day where they have to add a February 30th every 3,300 years (as you've noted, weirder things have happened).
Overall, I definitely resonate with your conclusion on embracing the quirkiness of time. There are subtle benefits from the irregularities. I used to be intrigued by the Internal Fixed Calendar (13 months of 28 days plus an isolated New Years Day), but the more I think about, the more I realize how repeating an identical month could lead to a Groundhog's Day feeling. Indeed, it would suck to be born on a Monday. Kodak actually operated on this system from 1928-1989, and it could be worth looking into the psychological effects it had on the workers. It was likely better for the business than the humans.
Currently in the middle of an experiment where I'm "off clocks." My lock screen has the time in Cambodian symbols so I can't make sense of them, and every device is set to military time in a different time zone. If I want the real time, I have to go to the stove or time.gov. Our devices make a weird assumption that you should be constantly oriented to the time. I'm 6 days in, and it's more pleasant than inconvenient so far.