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Christmas Always On Sunday? Researchers Propose New Calendar

An anonymous reader writes "Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have discovered a way to make time stand still — at least when it comes to the yearly calendar. Using computer programs and mathematical formulas, an astrophysicist and an economist have created a new calendar in which each new 12-month period is identical to the one which came before, and remains that way from one year to the next in perpetuity."

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  1. Re:Not a bad idea but... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I don't understand why it makes more sense... 10 is a terrible number.... 12 is better but 60 is much better.... we should scrap both systems and go to a base 12 or base 60 system.... even the Babylonians knew this.