Let us make this International Fixed Calendar work

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JudoBlue on August 11st, 2019 at 13:47 UTC »

13 Friday the 13ths

I like it.

Ishmael128 on August 11st, 2019 at 14:44 UTC »

Screw anyone who isn’t born on a weekend. Enjoy your midweek birthday for life!

SANTAAAA__I_know_him on August 11st, 2019 at 14:54 UTC »

Pros:

Consistency, no changing dates of holidays like Thanksgiving or Father’s Day anymore Easy to remember what day of the week dates fall on Fixes the common misconception that 4 weeks = 1 month to actually be correct Hopefully, everyone gets to vote on the name of the new month No calculating prorated rent for unequal-length months for renters/landlords (other than New Years) Any once-a-month events you like, you get an extra one happening over the course of the year

Cons:

Fuck software developers who have to implement this and fix any old systems Debate on which dates count as official holidays; i.e. does 4th of July still happen on 7/4 or the equivalent converted date 7/17 so it’s in the same relative position with respect to the whole year? If you keep Christmas at 12/25, that’s not the end of the year anymore, we’ve still got another month to go. Anything from the 29th to 31st will have to be converted or just decide on a new day; i.e. when is Halloween now? Same with wedding anniversaries or birthdays. Keep the same month/day or convert it? Most people will never have their birthday on a weekend. Some holidays will probably be like this too. Whatever day it happens this year, you’re stuck with forever. Since 13 is a prime number, it’s hard to break up the year into equal segments for data reporting; i.e. financial quarters The 8 or 9 day week around New Years may screw up things that need to be done on a certain schedule. Example, someone who needs to take their weekly pills for medical reasons and their body doesn’t care if today is an official day of the week, it needs medicine. They might have always done it on Saturday last year, now they have to remember to change it to always be Thursday or Friday this year. I presume there’s other similar situations like farmers growing crops.

There’s more for both lists that I haven’t thought of, just stuff off the top of my head. I’ll edit to add more as I think of them.