If we could just get everyone to push on the ground at the same time in the direction of Earth's orbit we could speed that orbit and get rid of that pesky extra quarter of a day per year. Phew, OK, now does anything else need solving?
I have been giving this some thought while I work on lengthening a blanket on my bed that is too short. It’s a bit too short to provide protection from the cold starting at the collarbone. I am cutting off 6 inches from the bottom and sewing it to the top so as to lengthen the blanket from my collarbone to the top of my neck. It’s cheaper than buying a new one.
There...is ..no...extra...day.
The 29th day for this year labeled February to keep the calendar synced with the seasons. The actual day is the same whether you call it Feb 29 or Mar 1. Moving the leap day to another month doesn't actually change the days in a given season, it changes how they're labeled in the calendar. It doesn't make winter longer. A leap day doesn't add an actual day anymore than daylight saving time adds or subtracts an actual hour.What was last Thursday, February 29, if not an extra day?
Fun topic. But there's no leap year in 2100, so I'll have to remember no June 31st, then.
Interesting. I wonder if they make that correction, because each year isn't exactly 365.25 days? I think the fraction is something like .2422?
So, adding one day every 4 years, while it mostly balances things, still doesn't quite do it, as it actually puts us ever so slightly ahead, rather than behind.
Nope, not analogous.
Fun topic. But there's no leap year in 2100, so I'll have to remember no June 31st, then.
I have been giving this some thought while I work on lengthening a blanket on my bed that is too short. It’s a bit too short to provide protection from the cold starting at the collarbone. I am cutting off 6 inches from the bottom and sewing it to the top so as to lengthen the blanket from my collarbone to the top of my neck. It’s cheaper than buying a new one.
Both the House and Senate versions of the Sunshine Protection Act of 2023 haven’t appeared to go far. The Senate bill has been read twice and referred to a committee, while the House bill has only been referred to a subcommittee.
It won't change the amount of days in a season, but it would make what I always think of as "unofficial summer" (June/July/August) one day longer. However, from a kid's summer vacation point of view, it probably makes no difference. The extra day might make Labor Day fall a week later. For instance, if Labor Day is September 1, that day would now be August 31, because of the extra day, and Labor Day would then be September 7, giving an extra week.
However, in that instance Labor Day gets shifted back a week whether you stick that extra day in February, June, or any month before September. And not all schools start up the day after Labor Day. If it falls early enough, like September1 or 2 they might, but if it falls too late, then they start back the week earlier, meaning late August. And on those years (whether it's a leap year or not) with a late Labor Day, I'm sure they adjust the start of summer vacation accordingly.
I have been giving this some thought while I work on lengthening a blanket on my bed that is too short. It’s a bit too short to provide protection from the cold starting at the collarbone. I am cutting off 6 inches from the bottom and sewing it to the top so as to lengthen the blanket from my collarbone to the top of my neck. It’s cheaper than buying a new one.
i like the lord of the rings hobbit calendar. all months the same length. 4 extra days of no month on solstice/equinox dates. one extra day at year end for parties day after winter solstice. any other fudging to make dates map to solar time invokes dragons.
I recall a sarcastic english essay on the elimination of february and its concommitant weather by distributing those days among months with better weather.