Why does February only have 28 days?

[OverVolt]

13 28 day months makes the most sense.

Add an extra day at the end/begging of the year, call it new-years; make it a double-day every 4 years.

No... this would be extra bills.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The jews have been stealing a couple days from us every year. That's why they are in like year 5000 something right now.

 

[tfinch2]

Love February. Get paid the same as other months working less days.

 

[Jeff7]

Agreed. If only we had a simpler system of measurement America could make that could make everything a multiple or decimal of ten.

:sneaky:

 

[Schfifty Five]

No... this would be extra bills.

But each bill would be smaller. Theoretically, you'd still pay the same amount annually.

 

[AstroManLuca]

But each bill would be smaller. Theoretically, you'd still pay the same amount annually.

Theoretically. In practice, companies would continue to charge the same monthly rate or increase it because that's what they do.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Oh please no. You want FEWER weekends?

Good point. Right now we have 52 weeks with 2 weekend days each, so 104 weekend days. With 8 day weeks and 46 weeks, we'd either have 92 weekend days (2 day weekends) or 138 (3 day weekends).

You can shuffle months around all you want, it won't make much practical difference. But you can't mess with the 7-day week. It has to stay. Too much stuff is built around it.

 

[Pheran]

Agreed. If only we had a simpler system of measurement America could make that could make everything a multiple or decimal of ten.

Unfortunately there's no getting around the weird ~365.25 days per year no matter what system you use. But the current one does suck.

Impossible to change now, but if starting from scratch I'd probably use something like 12 months of 30 days each, plus an extra 5-day "holiday period" at the end of each year - and the holiday period would get the leap day every 4 years.

Or, we attach giant thrusters to the Earth and fix the orbital period to be exactly 400 days or something.