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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by brodo on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @08:05AM (#41993971)
That's similar to the Shire calendar system[1]. It has twelve months of 30 days, but the missing days are not in any month.

1: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Shire_Calendar

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by libraryofbabel on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @10:49AM (#41995577)
And also similar to the French Revolutionary calendar (1793 to 1805) which had twelve 30-day months and 5 or 6 jours complémentaires.

I like that Tolkien’s legendarium got the first mention here though.

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by rainingmonkey on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @11:12AM (#41995842)
The ancient Roman calendar was before that, with 10 months of 30 or 31 days and intercalated days when it's no month at all.

Sometimes priests moved these days to suit political shenanigans.

Caesar ended this madness and "rationalised" the system, coincidentally making his year-long consulship last for 446 days.

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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by prmph on Wednesday October 30, 2024 @01:42PM (#41998052)
Wasn't Tolkien's LOTR partly inspired by Ethiopia?
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Re:Australia/Lord_Howe is the weirdest timezone by talideon on Thursday October 31, 2024 @06:54AM (#42005500)
More likely the Roman calendar.
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