Calendar reform: Time for a change?
Calendar reform advocates are convinced that a new, standardized alternative to the Gregorian calendar would save trouble and money.
Two such advocates, both professors at Johns Hopkins University, have proposed a new calendar in which each new 12-month period is identical to the one before, except for a “leap week” thrown in at occasional, but regular, intervals.
Birthdays, the Super Bowl, and other annual events would always be on the same date, and same day of the week, each year, with the adoption of the Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar.
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