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[–] dan@upvote.au 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

While we're changing the calendar, can we rename September through December so they're not off by two?

Septem, Octo, Novem and Decem are the Latin words for 7, 8, 9 and 10 respectively, but they're actually the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th months of the year. This is because the calendar was originally only 10 months, but Julius Caesar added two new months without renaming the last four.

Maybe the oldest tech debt in existence - the calendar was changed in 45 BC.

[–] thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In Japanese months are named based on the number of the month, literally "first month" to "12th month", which is the most sensible way to do it

Why not just call February 2026 "month 2 of 2026" and call the 9th of February 2026 "the 9th of month 2 of 2026"

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 2 days ago

That's essentially how the Roman calendar was named for six out of the 10 months:

  • Martius: (Mars)
  • Aprilis: (from aperire, "to open")
  • Maius: (Maia, goddess)
  • Junius: (Juno, goddess)
  • Quintilis: (Fifth)
  • Sextilis: (Sixth)
  • September: (Seventh)
  • October: (Eighth)
  • November: (Ninth)
  • December: (Tenth)