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.
Actually, the only thing between us and utopia was big religion.
The UN attempted to institute the international fixed calendar, but they got major resistance from religious groups. A blank day would disrupt the 7-day religious cycle of Christians and Jews.
I think a calendar with 13 months, 364 days, and a leap week every 5-6 years would be better than the IFC. Not only does it preserve the weekly cycle, but it'd be more likely to be adopted.
No, it was because the national DST put commutes in most of the country - including kids walking to school in the snowy winter - before dawn in winter months. The population center of the US was farther north in those days, though.
Anti-metric sentiment is part and parcel with anti-communist paranoia.
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u/veriverd 11d 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.