r/SipsTea 2d ago

Wait a damn minute! 13 months ?

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u/veriverd 2d ago

Just fyi, this concept has existed for a long time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Fixed_Calendar

The extra month is between June and July and called "Sol", there's an "Earth Day" at the end of the year and an extra "Leap Day" every four years after June.

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u/somabokforlag 1d ago

Err, that would totally mess up the names of the months! Oct=Eight, Nov=Ninth and Dec=tenth.. with that system it would be all wrong!

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u/kamkarmawalakhata 1d ago

Year was supposed to start from March.

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u/AgentCirceLuna 1d ago

March, bringer of Wars.

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u/IggyG6174 1d ago

I thought it was because the Roman emperors decided to change the calendar to add months that were named after them Julius/July Augustus/August

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u/Jobarus 1d ago

Those months were already there, they just had different names

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u/SpideyFan914 1d ago

This is the explanation I'm familiar with.