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Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by xd1936 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:29AM (#20634051)
This seems like a rebrand on the International Fixed Calendar[1] proposed in 1902. The idea was to shorten every month down to 28 days create a 13th month, and have the last day of the year be an international "Year Day" holiday.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar

Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by anoopelias on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:25AM (#20634939)
Exactly!

Please note Tranquility Calendar itself was proposed in 1989. This is just a web representation of it.

Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by josh_fyi on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @05:47AM (#20633211)
But it's a solar calendar!

If you are going to make a calendar that's all about the moon, find a way to make it lunar or lunisolar!

Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by anoopelias on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:12AM (#20633331)
Good point!

When this was proposed in 1989 [1], I think the intention was to get people to use it a bit! So it helps being close to Gregorian Calendar.

Though it didn't catch on, still an interesting proposal.

[1] https://www.webcitation.org/6WtW38bAU

Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by jacobush on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:14AM (#20633341)
I would have enjoyed Newton for one of the months, maybe replacing Archimedes.
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by anoopelias on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:48AM (#20635200)
I would have liked Newton on it too. Nothing against Archimedes though.. :)
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by mannykannot on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:19AM (#20633976)
I see that this calendar repeats the Gregorian 'mistake' (at least as some people see it) of having no year zero.
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by Tzela on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:29AM (#20633427)
I know that complaining about typos is boring, but Neil Armstrong is consequently spelled Amstrong. Is this intentional? He's in the center of the whole calendar.
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by anoopelias on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:53AM (#20633537)
Thanks for that! Fixed now. :P

Not intentional, I guess I had it always wrong.

Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by brianzelip on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:10AM (#20635401)
This is great! Reading the Wikipedia article on the calendar helped my understanding of what's going on a lot. Glad you added the Gregorian calendar option for translating between our dominant calendar and this.
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by anoopelias on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @11:18AM (#20635481)
Thank you!

> Glad you added the Gregorian calendar option for translating between our dominant calendar and this.

Guess I couldn't do that well a justice to the mobile layout.

Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by johnchristopher on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @06:41AM (#20633475)
I could see this taking off if month names are closer to local particularities.
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by HNLurker2 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:59PM (#20640861)
Yung doesn't belong on the calendar.
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by mosselman on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:23AM (#20642508)
How so?
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by HNLurker2 on Thursday August 08, 2019 @03:57AM (#20642661)
He is too shallow of a philosopher, more like a horoscope type.
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by mrleinad on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @08:08AM (#20633914)
Too bad the original proposal didn't include references to Russian astronauts, even when Russians were first to many achievements. Guess it was impossible at the time to think about including the USSR in anything, or they'd risk being seen as communists.
Re:Show HN: Tranquility Calendar by satnam14 on Wednesday August 07, 2019 @10:56AM (#20635290)
How the fuck people have so much time on their hands?