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[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The Gregorian calendar was 6 days ahead due to not having leap years yet.

Still better than the Roman Calendar

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 3 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Perhaps, but we could have at least added the new months to the end so the names still made sense. Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec (7, 8, 9, 10) are the 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th months of the year??

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 2 points 13 hours ago

Could just go back to marking the new year in March, like Caesar intended.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago

I was referring to how the Roman calendar only had 355 days. It was fucking stupid.