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I would really like to go back to the earlier system, where there was no January or February, and we just stop having time in the winter until someone important
by saalweachter 3y ago
I would really like to go back to the earlier system, where there was no January or February, and we just stop having time in the winter until someone important announces it is the new Year in March.
- BlueTemplar 3y agoWhich seems to be tens of thousands of years old ! http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/975360.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/975360.stm https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34257150 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34257150
- Scarblac 3y agoJust when you think timezone databases can handle absolutely every weird thing somebody proposed somewhere...
- saalweachter 3y agoI don't know why software engineers are always in favor of simplifying timekeeping systems. Don't they know what side their bread is buttered on?
- Scarblac 3y agoIt's not as if we're in danger of running out of useful things we could work on, instead of yet another change in timekeeping systems.