Discovery Channel :: News :: 'Star Trek,' Math Inspire Calendar Reform

Discovery Channel :: News :: ‘Star Trek,’ Math Inspire Calendar Reform

Two scientists who believe the current Gregorian calendar is outdated have each created proposals for calendars that they believe improve upon the current system.

Both of the new plans involve acceptance of universal time worldwide. Both also would place specific dates of the month on certain weekdays that never would change. For example, if January 1 were to fall on a Sunday in 2006, New Year’s Day would occur on a Sunday every year thereafter.

This sounds like a brilliant idea to me, but if we in the U.S. are so inept we are unable to switch to the metric system I fear the chances of us adopting a new calendar, regardless of how much more efficient it is, are slim.

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