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I 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, 1
by asveikau 2y ago
I 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)