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For what it's worth, leap day is at the "end" of a year. It's just a year that starts in March—an assumption shared with several other odd properties of this ca
by naniwaduni 4y ago
For what it's worth, leap day is at the "end" of a year. It's just a year that starts in March—an assumption shared with several other odd properties of this calendar.
- wongarsu 4y agoThis is why September, October, November and December are named after the numbers 7, 8, 9 and 10: they are the 7th, 8th, 9th and 10th month if you start the year in March, like we used to.
- pjerem 4y agowow.
- vlunkr 4y agoThe author mentions this as well. I don’t know how I’ve never connected those dots.
- BuyMyBitcoins 4y agoThere’s no going back. I routinely mess up 8 with October now.
- dontlaugh 4y agoThat happens especially if you speak a Latin language. Very annoying.
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- genewitch 4y agoI always assumed that it made sense until july and august were added, which is how i explain it to children. This thread has mentioned several times that those were quintillis and sextillis or something prior. I still like my version better, it implies that emperors are egotistical.
- colechristensen 4y agoEvidence for this is September October November and December are named as seventh eighth ninth and tenth months which matches with a year starting in March obviously intentionally at the spring equinox but calendar inaccuracies lost that. Quarters should begin and end with equinoxes and solstices and be equivalent with seasons, major holidays aligned with quarter transitions and solar milestones make sense.