The history behind the Julian calendar is reminiscent of the Unix time problem(s). They were aware of the leap time issue when they designed it. Because it woul

The history behind the Julian calendar is reminiscent of the Unix time problem(s). They were aware of the leap time issue when they designed it. Because it would take so long to accumulate enough leap days to become a burden, it just didn’t matter that much at the time of creation. 1500 years is a pretty good run!