The Gregorian Calendar is the most commonly used calendar in the world. A solar calendar, it has 365 days i. a common year, or 366 on leap years.
Yes: Leap Years are any year that can be exactly divided by 4 (such as 2016, 2020, 2024, etc)
No: except if it can be exactly divided by 100, then it isn't (such as 2100, 2200, etc)
Yes: except if it can be exactly divided by 400, then it is (such as 2000, 2400)
LeapWhile the calendar is renowned for its accuracy, there are some issues in the organization of the calendar:
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Spring | March 20 | March 23 | March 15 |
Summer | June 21 | Sol 4 | June 12 |
Fall | September 22 | September 13 | September 9 |
Winter | December 21 | December 19 | December 3 |
Both of these calendars start on Janaury 1 Gregorian.
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The International Fixed Calendar, one of the numberous proposed calendar reforms, solves many of these issues:
Unfortunately, the Calendar stopped being used in 1989. Find more information about the life and death of the calendar here. ![]() |
Posted in the r/lightbulb subreddit, this calendar sports 8 day weeks, with each month having 32 days, except December, which only has 13 in common years, or 14 in leap years. Bonusday is the 8th day of the week, the day after Saturday. This creates a 3 day weekend between Saturday and Sunday while also maintaining the 5-day work week. Because the week is 8 days long, starts on Sunday, and each date of each month is the same day of the week, there are no Friday the 13ths. However, there would be Friday the 13ths if the first day of the week was Monday. ![]() |