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Re:Forebruary is a wall calendar that you do not need to rep... by Ensorceled on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @10:08AM (#31920323)
> It’s not nearly that complicated unless you just outright have no idea how many days are in a given month.

Unless you work closely with dates, asking somebody "how many days in April" will result in a calendar check, a song or a them doing something odd with their knuckles.

Re:Forebruary is a wall calendar that you do not need to rep... by thrdbndndn on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @10:19AM (#31920487)
I honestly think most people know how many days in each month..

But yeah, the point still stands. Having a calendar actively has wrong number of days is very misleading and counterproductive even if one knows how many there are supposed to be. Not to mention it doesn't even have month shown.

Re:Forebruary is a wall calendar that you do not need to rep... by SamPatt on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:32AM (#31921598)
For some months like February (unusual), October (Halloween), or December (New Year's Eve) I remember them.

But for the other months I sing the song. Takes about ten seconds, required monthly at most. I think this is pretty common.

Re:Forebruary is a wall calendar that you do not need to rep... by thrdbndndn on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @12:59PM (#31922814)
Interesting.

I personally just remember the cutoff point (7/8), and before that odd months have 31, after it even months have 31 days. It eventually became "muscle" memory.

Re:Forebruary is a wall calendar that you do not need to rep... by cecilpl2 on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @10:20AM (#31920495)
For me at least, once I hit my thirties I had just kind of memorized them all by osmosis.
Re:Forebruary is a wall calendar that you do not need to rep... by parkingrift on Wednesday June 29, 2022 @11:15AM (#31921361)
What's wrong with counting on your knuckles for the 12 total times per year that you need to adjust this calendar?