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Surely by then we'll have had a powerful enough pope to rename the months at least once.


My hope is that some programmer dictator will instate a form of the discordian calender:

- All 5 seasons are the same length - The days of the year always fall on the same week day, as the week is 5 days long - the year always starts with the first day of the week. - the leap day is not assigned a day

Things I would change though: - start the year at winter solstice. - put the leap day at the end of the year.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discordian_calendar


Finally, we can get rid of Wednesday... Wendsday? Woesnday?.... that day in the middle of the week that no one can spell =P


February needs to be reconsidered as well imo.


In German Wednesday got that treatment in the middle age and was replaced by what would be midweek in English.


You can rename the months any time you feel like. The problem is getting other people to go along with your renaming.

Once upon a time, enough people cared what the Pope had to say, he could actually succeed in changing the calendar for everybody. But, it would be a rather interesting future history for the Catholic Church to regain power to the point that became true once again.


Not sure renaming the months is gonna help with the numbering of the years...


SEPTember = 7

OCTOber = 8

NOVember = 9

DECember = 10

Fixed it!

And do we need the name "JASON" (July to November) first letters? Seems unnecessary.


Easier to make the year begin in March.




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