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Well, unfortunately it just didn't catch on. In many ways it made much more sense than the calendar system we still use today. It also has the added benefit of
by BjoernKW 9y ago
Well, unfortunately it just didn't catch on. In many ways it made much more sense than the calendar system we still use today.
It also has the added benefit of celebrating an event most modern people probably can relate to and are in favour of (the bloody struggle and oppressive regime that came afterwards admittedly not so much though ...) instead of the arbitrarily fixed year of birth of a religious figure many people are more or less indifferent about.
On a side note, PHP interestingly has had native support for the Revolutionary Calendar for a long time: http://php.net/manual/en/function.jdtofrench.php http://php.net/manual/en/function.jdtofrench.php
- zokier 9y agoIt is a cruel fact that 365 is so poorly dividable (prime factors are 5 and 73). 7413 is pretty much the closest we can get. I imagine having one extra day in the calendar is easier to swallow for most organizations (and people) than five extra days. And of course 7 day week has the advantage of familarity. 10 day weeks sound somewhat heavy, I suppose most people would have 7 day workweek and 3 day weekend. While 3 day weekend sounds nice, you also get about 30% fewer weekends. The 7 days of work would be fairly radical extension, can't imagine that being popular among anyone.
- yiyus 9y agoI would not mind working four days, having one free day, working another three days, and then having a weekend of two days, for example. Indeed, familiarity is the key here, but I am sure we could get used to a week of 10 (or any other number of) days.
- zokier 9y agoThat could be also described as a five-day week with alternating 4/1 - 3/2 work/free division. But of course such ideas don't fit into the french revolutions obsession with decimal system.
- forinti 9y agoI think the best option would be to use 13 months. You get 13 months with 4 weeks and an extra day (365%13=1). This extra day could be set aside as a special case. I would use it for the first day of the year.
- zokier 9y agoYeah, 7 * 4 * 13 + 1 is kinda nice. But it does not really fit in any way into decimal system. If we accept the 5ish extra days, then 360 gives us lots of different options on how to do the divisions. For example 10 months with 6 weeks, 6 days each, has its own sort of elegance to it. And it has that tiny bit of decimal in it. Especially it might make sense in future to reduce the work-week by one day, so you got 4 days of work and the "normal" 2 day weekend.
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- tisdy 9y ago> year of birth of a religious figure many people are more or less indifferent about. > benefit of celebrating an event most modern people probably can relate to and are in favour of I think more people care more /know more about Christmas than the French Revolution.