Saturday, August 30, 2003

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I've got something to say:
I learned a new thing today.

I had thought I was fine,
that I knew this calendar of mine.

It turns out that was WROOOOOOOOOONG!
This calendar is much much more then that.
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I thought I knew the calendar, I'm embarrassed to say I was wrong.
I thought the # of days went from 30 to 31 every other month because I never analyzed the rhyme. I heard the beginning of it and made the conclusion that February was the only exception, otherwise if a month had 30 days, the following was 31 - and so it went on down the line.

I only just made the inquiry to my co-workers that I thought it was curious that both July and August had 31 days. It turns out it was a conflict between Julius and Augustus. Augustus didn't want to be thought of as less of an Emperor so he took a day from February... and that was as much as I heard. I'm sure there's more that could be found in an encyclopedia.
posted @ 13:18

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