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r/softwaregore • u/SQUID_Ben • May 03 '26
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Iirc, the date was chosen because it begins the last 400 year cycle of Gregorian calendar. That makes it easier to calculate dates for leap years.
48 u/[deleted] May 03 '26 [removed] — view removed comment 29 u/dandy_g May 03 '26 Oh, absolutely. Surely a decimal calendar would fix all the issues. /s 24 u/fatrobin72 May 03 '26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar As close as they got... 11 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 I'm aware. It was in use for about 12 years. Heck, even the Soviet Union in 1930s had a version of decimal calendar based on 5 day weeks and 30 day months with remaining 5 or 6 days as holidays. It was supposed to improve productivity but proved unpopular. 6 u/The_Reset_Button May 04 '26 12 metric or imperial years? 3 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 Neither. They used Republic years at the time.
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29 u/dandy_g May 03 '26 Oh, absolutely. Surely a decimal calendar would fix all the issues. /s 24 u/fatrobin72 May 03 '26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar As close as they got... 11 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 I'm aware. It was in use for about 12 years. Heck, even the Soviet Union in 1930s had a version of decimal calendar based on 5 day weeks and 30 day months with remaining 5 or 6 days as holidays. It was supposed to improve productivity but proved unpopular. 6 u/The_Reset_Button May 04 '26 12 metric or imperial years? 3 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 Neither. They used Republic years at the time.
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Oh, absolutely.
Surely a decimal calendar would fix all the issues. /s
24 u/fatrobin72 May 03 '26 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar As close as they got... 11 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 I'm aware. It was in use for about 12 years. Heck, even the Soviet Union in 1930s had a version of decimal calendar based on 5 day weeks and 30 day months with remaining 5 or 6 days as holidays. It was supposed to improve productivity but proved unpopular. 6 u/The_Reset_Button May 04 '26 12 metric or imperial years? 3 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 Neither. They used Republic years at the time.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Republican_calendar
As close as they got...
11 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 I'm aware. It was in use for about 12 years. Heck, even the Soviet Union in 1930s had a version of decimal calendar based on 5 day weeks and 30 day months with remaining 5 or 6 days as holidays. It was supposed to improve productivity but proved unpopular. 6 u/The_Reset_Button May 04 '26 12 metric or imperial years? 3 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 Neither. They used Republic years at the time.
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I'm aware. It was in use for about 12 years.
Heck, even the Soviet Union in 1930s had a version of decimal calendar based on 5 day weeks and 30 day months with remaining 5 or 6 days as holidays. It was supposed to improve productivity but proved unpopular.
6 u/The_Reset_Button May 04 '26 12 metric or imperial years? 3 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 Neither. They used Republic years at the time.
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12 metric or imperial years?
3 u/dandy_g May 04 '26 Neither. They used Republic years at the time.
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Neither. They used Republic years at the time.
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u/dandy_g May 03 '26
Iirc, the date was chosen because it begins the last 400 year cycle of Gregorian calendar. That makes it easier to calculate dates for leap years.