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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by Svip on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:47AM (#38149415)
Why even have years? Like Unix epoch, pick a start date, and just have the number of weeks increment indefinitely. If you really wish to do some separation, just say "last 50 weeks" or something.
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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by ncruces on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:53AM (#38149438)
This should be pretty obvious. We have years because seasons matter a lot, to a lot of people.
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Re:The world nearly adopted a calendar with 13 months of 28 ... by zeristor on Sunday November 05, 2023 @03:53AM (#38149439)
Like Julian days used in Astronomy?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day

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