Re: Time solved
We could improve things if we wished. Let me steal some brilliant ideas from Dave Gorman here.
We all know that there are 7 days in a week and that a month is 4 weeks.
Therefore there SHOULD be 28 days in a month, not 30,31 etc.
So let's decide to put that straight. From now on, all months will be EXACTLY the same, all 28 days long.
This also conveniently means that every month will begin with the same day.
Now 12 months at 28 days each equal a total of 336 days so we are clearly quite short for the celestial 365 day yearly cycle. In fact we are 29 days short.
Clearly then our entire problem is that we don't have enough months in the year !!!!!!
So we need an extra month to make a year consist of 13 months rather than just 12. We will call it Realistember.
Remember every month will have 28 days exactly.
So now the year is 13*28days = 364 days
There is a day spare!
So what we will do is have an "intermission". Instead of New Year's Day immediately following New Year's Eve we will have a day of "intermission". . . . . which is great because everyone is hung over anyway and will enjoy that free day to relax and recuperate.
Actually, we can just use that day for an extended party !
Remember it's not any actual day of the week. It's not a Monday or Tuesday etc so not part of a working week nor is it part of the weekend. It is just Intermission.
Every 4 years (leap year) that intermission just becomes 48 hours instead of 24. It's that simple !
This simplifies life completely.
New Year's Eve will always occur on the same day, Sunday, the 28th of Realistember.
Easter will always fall on the same day, no more of this first Sunday after a blue harvest hunters moon whatever malarky !
Everyone's birthday will always be on the same day whatever that is.
Christmas Day will always be on the same day.
We can plan things so much better !
It's a brilliant system and I recommend it to the house !