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This is because September used to be the seventh month. March was the new year and coinsided with spring planting, the spring equinox. At some point we switched
by swader999 2y ago
This is because September used to be the seventh month. March was the new year and coinsided with spring planting, the spring equinox. At some point we switched from a solar calendar to a lunar one and that's when the new year month changed. Source for all this is the dead sea scrolls, see the book "Ancient Mysteries of the Essenes" for a deep dive on our calendar.
- eddd-ddde 2y agoSept, Oct, Nov, Dec. My favourite months, wish they still where 7-10.
- asveikau 2y agoI thought the reason is because they added two months named July and August after emperors, which offset all the numbers by 2. (Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec - 7, 8, 9, 10)
- ianburrell 2y agoThat happened later, well after January and February had been added. I think the twelve month Roman calendar was from pre-history so we don't know when or why it was done. July and August were Quintilis and Sextilis, five and six.
- asveikau 2y agoYeah, seems like I mixed my calendar history up. Reading this set me straight: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_calendar Thanks for the reply, it led me to look into it deeper.
- fsckboy 2y agoso, for those who haven't heard it yet... why do programmers get Halloween and Christmas confused? because oct(31) == dec(25)