Re: February 30th 6240?

From: Alex Buell (alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk)
Date: Sun Jan 16 2000 - 05:18:03 EST

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On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Sean Hunter wrote:

> If we're taking ideal calendars here, I put my vote in for 13 equal
> months of 28 days (exactly four weeks) each. 13 * 28 = 364, so the
> extra day is "Christmas Day", which isn't a day of the week. When we
> have leap years, we have "Leap day", which also isn't a day of the
> week.[1]

Ah! You're referring to the Shire Reckoning calendar as used by the
Hobits, as described in the three volume set of "The Lord of the Rings",
by T. R. Tolkien.

OK, I agree, time this thread got nuked.

Cheers,
Alex

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