J. Hugh Sullivan wrote:
> On Sat, 08 Mar 2008 14:50:23 -0500, singhals <singhals@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> wrote:
>
>> Peter J Seymour wrote:
>>
>>> Just a thought, stemming from research into calendar differences
though
>>> history - has anyone knowledge of a person recorded as being
born/dying
>>> on the 30th February? (and did this cause any problems)
>>> Peter
>> Would whether it was a problem sort of depend on _when_?
>> Under the really really old calendars, there was a 30 Feb,
>> and it wouldn't have been a problem for anyone. In 1752,
>> things were confused enough that anything is possible, and
>> after that, drunken clerks we will have always with us. (g)
>>
>> Cheryl
>
> Why not a calendar of 12, 30 day months with 5 world days and a sixth
> every 4 years? That would certainly save our knuckles and between from
> being counting boards for the months.
The French tried such a calendar early in their Revolutionary period.
It lasted less than thirteen years.
There's probably a moral in there somewhere for anyone who fancies
themselves as calendar reformers in the mould of Julius Caesar and Pope
Gregory XIII :-)
David Harper
Cambridge, England
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