A series touting the benefits of the 30x11 Calendar reform proposal has begun at the 30x11 Calendar Yahoo! Group.
It will last for several postings and deal with about a dozen benefits of
the calendar, which has 11 months of 30 days each, with one month
of 35 or 36 days.
See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/30x11calendar
Monday, July 03, 2006
Thursday, June 29, 2006
June 30 (Gregorian) in six reform proposals
Friday, June 30, 2006 in the Gregorian Calendar is the 181st day of the calendar year.
Here's how that date would be rendered in six prominent reform calendars:
Saturday, June 27, 2006 in the Symmetry454 Calendar.
Saturday, Luna 13, 2006 in the New Earth Calendar.
Friday, Sol 13, 2006 in the 13-Month Sol Calendar.
Friday, July 1, 2006 in the 30x11 Calendar.
Friday, June 29, 2006 in the World Calendar.
Friday, June 30, 2006 in the Common-Civil-and-Time Calendar.
Here's how that date would be rendered in six prominent reform calendars:
Saturday, June 27, 2006 in the Symmetry454 Calendar.
Saturday, Luna 13, 2006 in the New Earth Calendar.
Friday, Sol 13, 2006 in the 13-Month Sol Calendar.
Friday, July 1, 2006 in the 30x11 Calendar.
Friday, June 29, 2006 in the World Calendar.
Friday, June 30, 2006 in the Common-Civil-and-Time Calendar.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Profile: the 30x11 Calendar - a calendar that makes sense
March 1 was the 60th day of the year. Why wasn't it the last day of the second month?
That's the question the 30x11 ("Thirty-eleven") calendar asks. The calendar reform proposal seeks to simplify the Gregorian calendar by giving 11 of the 12 months 30 days each. The last month, December, gets 35, keeping the 365-day calendar year we have now. In leap years (which remain the same as now) we get a 36-day December.
The benefit of this idea is simplicity. With 30 days in each month, it would be easy to determine, say, that the 150th day of the year would be the last day of the 5th month - May 30. In fact, for the first half of the calendar year, the last days of the month are the 30th, 60th, 90th, 120th, 150th, and 180th days of the year. Such numbering allows easy access to any day of the year.
Another quirk of the calendar is that each month within a calendar year starts two weekdays after the previous month. If January, for example, would start on a Sunday (as it does in the 2006 Gregorian calendar) then February begins on a Tuesday, March on a Thursday, April on a Saturday and May on a Monday. It's very easy to determine, therefore, that May 30 would be the 150th day of the month and a Tuesday.
Drawbacks are few, and include a "long" December, which would have 35 or 36 days - numbers that are hard to get used to - and the seasons would not begin on the same days they do now, but would drift back about two days on the calendar. That doesn't seem too high of a price to pay, however, for a calendar that is more logical.
For more information, visit www.30x11.com.
That's the question the 30x11 ("Thirty-eleven") calendar asks. The calendar reform proposal seeks to simplify the Gregorian calendar by giving 11 of the 12 months 30 days each. The last month, December, gets 35, keeping the 365-day calendar year we have now. In leap years (which remain the same as now) we get a 36-day December.
The benefit of this idea is simplicity. With 30 days in each month, it would be easy to determine, say, that the 150th day of the year would be the last day of the 5th month - May 30. In fact, for the first half of the calendar year, the last days of the month are the 30th, 60th, 90th, 120th, 150th, and 180th days of the year. Such numbering allows easy access to any day of the year.
Another quirk of the calendar is that each month within a calendar year starts two weekdays after the previous month. If January, for example, would start on a Sunday (as it does in the 2006 Gregorian calendar) then February begins on a Tuesday, March on a Thursday, April on a Saturday and May on a Monday. It's very easy to determine, therefore, that May 30 would be the 150th day of the month and a Tuesday.
Drawbacks are few, and include a "long" December, which would have 35 or 36 days - numbers that are hard to get used to - and the seasons would not begin on the same days they do now, but would drift back about two days on the calendar. That doesn't seem too high of a price to pay, however, for a calendar that is more logical.
For more information, visit www.30x11.com.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
31, 28, 31, 30
When was Feb. 1? Most would say, "Today, Wednesday." Those who support some calendar reforms say "yesterday, Tuesday," or "this past Sunday."
For proponents of the 30x11 Calendar and the Common-Civil-Calendar, January should have ended on the 30th day of the month, making the 31st their "Feb. 1."
For supporters of the Symmetry454 Calendar, New Earth Calendar, and the 13-month Sol Calendar (and other 13-month, 28-day month proposals,) Sunday, Jan. 29, was the day for welcoming February (though the Symmetry454 and New Earth calendars would have called it a "Monday," since all weeks in these calendars start on Mondays.)
This first Date of Divergence in these calendars represent a call for societal change - a change in how we view the year.
The one message they all convey comes across loud and clear: the Gregorian months - which start 2006 numbered in this fashion: 31, 28, 31, 30 - cry out for symmetry, order and a logical progression of days.
It's not too hard to envision a different, better, way to number our months, thanks to many visionary reformers who have proposed calendar change on a global scale. We should listen to what they have to say.
For proponents of the 30x11 Calendar and the Common-Civil-Calendar, January should have ended on the 30th day of the month, making the 31st their "Feb. 1."
For supporters of the Symmetry454 Calendar, New Earth Calendar, and the 13-month Sol Calendar (and other 13-month, 28-day month proposals,) Sunday, Jan. 29, was the day for welcoming February (though the Symmetry454 and New Earth calendars would have called it a "Monday," since all weeks in these calendars start on Mondays.)
This first Date of Divergence in these calendars represent a call for societal change - a change in how we view the year.
The one message they all convey comes across loud and clear: the Gregorian months - which start 2006 numbered in this fashion: 31, 28, 31, 30 - cry out for symmetry, order and a logical progression of days.
It's not too hard to envision a different, better, way to number our months, thanks to many visionary reformers who have proposed calendar change on a global scale. We should listen to what they have to say.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Calendar News: Drop 12/31? Problem solved?
Professor Dick Henry, the creator of the Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar isn't at all worried that he has missed the January 1, 2006 implementation date for his calendar. It would have been a perfect time to adopt it, since it, like the Gregorian year 2006, starts on a Sunday.
He says on his Website: "[I]t is not a big deal. All that needs to be done is to drop 2006 December 31 (that is, rename that day 2007 January 1), and all is well. Similarly, a two-year delay could be easily accommodated by dropping 2007 Dec 30 AND 2007 Dec 31. (The new "last day" of the old year could be celebrated as New Year's Eve.) So, the argument that there is not sufficient time to implement CCC&T just does not hold water."
It's highly unlikely that dates would ever be dropped from the calendar simply to shoehorn in a new version.
I do wonder why he simply didn't suggest waiting until 2012, when January 1 is again a Sunday. It is unlikely his, or any other, new calendar will be adopted quickly.
He says on his Website: "[I]t is not a big deal. All that needs to be done is to drop 2006 December 31 (that is, rename that day 2007 January 1), and all is well. Similarly, a two-year delay could be easily accommodated by dropping 2007 Dec 30 AND 2007 Dec 31. (The new "last day" of the old year could be celebrated as New Year's Eve.) So, the argument that there is not sufficient time to implement CCC&T just does not hold water."
It's highly unlikely that dates would ever be dropped from the calendar simply to shoehorn in a new version.
I do wonder why he simply didn't suggest waiting until 2012, when January 1 is again a Sunday. It is unlikely his, or any other, new calendar will be adopted quickly.
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