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[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 9 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (4 children)

30 days, has September, April, June, and November. All the rest have 31 except for February which has 28, and once in 4 it has 1 more!

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago) (1 children)

... except in 100, when it doesn't, except again in 400, then it does.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 33 minutes ago

Also from time to time a freak minute with 61 seconds appears out of the blue.

[–] PhoenixDog@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago (2 children)

As someone who's dyslexic and nearly 40 I will never remember this for as long as I live no matter how many times I've heard it.

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 8 points 4 hours ago

There's a much easier way to remember. Ball your two hands into fists in front of you and put them together so that you have your knuckles on top, sans thumbs. Start counting from left, knuckles are hills, the gap between them are valleys. Months falling on valleys are shorter. Months falling on hills are always 31 days.

  • January is on a hill.
  • February falls on a valley.
  • March is hill.
  • April is in a valley.
  • May is on hill.
  • June is valley.
  • July is on a hill.
  • August is on a hill too!
  • September is in a valley.
  • October is hill.
  • November, valley.
  • December ends on a hill.

You have a valley and a knuckle left.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

It’s the first time I’ve ever seen it written, though I wrote it myself. I’ve only ever known it verbally because it rhymes!

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 5 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

I just do the knuckles method (you have to remember February, but other than that it’s perfect).

[–] Napster153@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Knuckle bros!

[–] serenissi@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

at some point in life I just precomputed the list of length 12 (except the leap year consideration) and memorized it

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

If the year is divisible by 100 but not by 400 then February has 28 days despite the fact that the year will also be divisible by 4.

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

Oh yeah. Thanks, Pope Gregory!

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It's weird that April didn't know how many days April has.

[–] JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

I see you're trying to be clever but April never mentioned how many days she thinks April has.

[–] Siethron@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

She specifically got 'April' wrong in the '30 days has September, April, June and November' mnemonic, saying '30 days has September, March, June and November'

It like the next line in the show.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

It’s weird April didn’t know when April begins.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 52 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

And he didn't even do all of them, like any good public servant.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 8 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Wrong show, that is Malcolm in the Middle.

[–] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 8 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

There are two kinds of people.

One kind can draw an inference.

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 4 points 12 hours ago

The other isn't artistically inclined

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

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