It lacks an annual "leap day" as we currently have at the end of February, instead opting to wait 5 or 6 years and simply adding a "leap WEEK" of 7 days to the year. This keeps the calendar perpetual - meaning it can be used every year without changing - while preserving the traditional 7-day week (some calendar reform ideas play cute and add "empty" days to the year or make 8-day weeks, things people won't really go for.)
Keep reading for an official explanation, including other benefits.
Keep reading for an official explanation, including other benefits.
(Text below is from the newearthcalendar.com Website.)
"The New Earth Calendar is intended to serve and benefit all the people on Earth. It is not influenced by religion, politics, nationality, race or sex. It simply correlates the relationship between the earth, its rotation and annual journey around the sun. It applies equally to all inhabitants of Earth, and only Earth because it would be meaningless on any other planet, around any other sun or in any other solar system. It is unique to us.
Consider having just one monthly calendar, rather than the 28 in our current system. The New Earth Calendar is a practical refinement of the Gregorian calendar we now use and would eliminate the many inconsistencies that have been perpetuated for more than 2000 years. Thirteen equal months of 28 days. Each quarter has exactly 13 weeks and an equal number of workdays.
Each week, month and year starts on a Monday, never a Sunday. Sunday is the last day of the week and would always be on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th of the month.
Each country will be able to set their holidays in accordance with local custom, but generally, with the exception of Easter, they will always be on a fixed date and day of the week.
They could be set so as to establish long weekends, but shorten the “dead week” that typically happens between Christmas and New Year’s Day. With The New Earth Calendar and Sundays always on fixed dates, the possible dates for Easter are reduced from around 35 to about 5 or 6."
More at www.30x11.com.
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