Re:Did you ever wonder why December has 31 days? (1997)
by sdague on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @10:45AM
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Because the calendar used to start in March. Feb was truncated because it was the last month of the year, thus where to put all the fudge factor to make the year work right.
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Re:Did you ever wonder why December has 31 days? (1997)
by zowch on Tuesday April 15, 2014 @10:47AM
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It's also worth noting that 'winter' used to be monthless in the Roman calendar, so there were 10 months, ending in December (so all of the number names make sense) and then a big blob of 'winter' before the new year started.