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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by andersa on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:10AM (#38149266)
While we obviously can't change the length of the year in days, is there any actual reason to have a 7 day week beyond "that's what we've always done"?
Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by hanche on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:40AM (#38149385)
That’s really a strong reason, is it not? I have no idea for how long humanity has tracked the seven day week, but suspect it’s been well over 2000 years.

That’s a lot of tradition to discard.

Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by adzm on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:06AM (#38149491)
Goes all the way back to the Babylonians, 4000 years ago, at least
Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by marcthe12 on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:02AM (#38149468)
Alot of religions kinda use the week for weekly prayer (all Abrahamic religions) so you kinda stuck with it since you need to take that into account
Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by mongol on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:04AM (#38149481)
Yeah, momentum. I can't think of what authority would be able to change it and make it be globally followed. A tradition of thousand years, with roots in religious texts. I don't think it is within anyone's power to change it.
Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by njarboe on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:04AM (#38149483)
7 days for the moon to go in half a cycle. Full to half. New moon to half moon. A pretty good demarkation of a period of time between one day and a month (full lunar cycle).
Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by clort on Sunday November 05, 2023 @04:15AM (#38149528)
The moon cycle is approx 28 days, which is 7x4.

The height of tides are rooted in this but have 7 day periods of increasing, decreasing, increasing, decreasing.

I don't know if thats reason enough to continue with it, but possibly part of the history

Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by stvltvs on Sunday November 05, 2023 @08:06AM (#38150804)
This is a pretty common approximation, but the average lunation is closer to 29.5 days.