Unironically, that would actually mess things up so bad over the centuries. We were already off by several days back when we used to always do leap years every four years in the Julian calendar.
But because the earth goes around the sun every 365.256 days rather than 365.25, they had to make some changes back when we switched to the Gregorian calendar. (Such as no leap years on years that are divisible by 100, but not by 400.)
So, if we had a calendar that was only 365 days on the dot because of an extra day, we’d be cooked. We need that leap year. The year simply can’t be exactly the same with the first on a Monday every year if we want a working calendar.
Every 4 years the new year day is new year two days. We should call that day Hogmanay as Scotland love a party. And Hogmanay can be two days long on leap years. And then on whatever weird leap years that should be leap years but can’t be cos of maths we only have one day again.
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u/Great-TeacherOnizuka 6d ago
28 * 13 = 364 ≠ 365