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0 pointsmnw21cam2y ago0 comments

I quite like the hobbit calendar. 12 months of 30 days each, plus 5 (or 6) extra days that don't belong to a month and are celebration days. Mid-year day and the leap day don't have a day of the week, so each date always is the same day of the week.

https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Shire_Calendar

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bombcar2y ago

Days that aren't part of a month are such a elegant way to solve the problem.

Even now 29 Feb shouldn't exist, it should just be "leap day" and have no numerical significance.

Screw the computers, they can learn to adapt.

andirk2y ago

The Y29K Bug. That would fix the current "Don't Get Paid for A Day" trick that Leap Years do to salaried people.

brandensilva2y ago

More celebration days, no complaints here. I wish humanity cared more about such universal celebrations that brought us together.

Of course those days would be very hectic travel wise if the entire population of earth were to migrate around on those days.

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