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minus-squareStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoMostly 11 year gaps, a handful of 6 year gaps, and a 12? Why isn’t it consistent?
minus-squareStar@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOh that explains it not always being the same. But why 11 and 6? That’s the leap year thing? And that 12? That one is still weird.
minus-squarexialinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoDude asked why our calendar is not consistent… when you start with 365.2425 days, and divide it into the wrong number of months lasting 28/29/30/31 days… things get a bit out of whack.
Mostly 11 year gaps, a handful of 6 year gaps, and a 12?
Why isn’t it consistent?
Leap year
Oh that explains it not always being the same. But why 11 and 6? That’s the leap year thing? And that 12? That one is still weird.
Dude asked why our calendar is not consistent… when you start with 365.2425 days, and divide it into the wrong number of months lasting 28/29/30/31 days… things get a bit out of whack.