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Or we could do metric time (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Software developers hearing we're changing the calendar 💀

[–] AlligatorBlizzard 6 points 4 months ago (2 children)

We should all just switch to Unix time.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That'll be great for 14 years

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Linux has been switching that to 64 bit, applications just need to catch up and use the new call. They've got almost a decade and a half, so I'd hope they'll all be updated, but you know there'll be something subtle and critical that only gets done at the last second.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

You really think the world could come to an agreement on which day the week should start? Would be really awkward if a month starts with the second or third day of the week.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

International Fixed Calendar? I seem to remember hearing a proposal for the 13th month being called Sol which is kinda cool.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

perennial calendars – specifically leap week calendars (already implemented in the ISO week date calendar) – keeps all the advantages of 28 day months, and the leap week (instead of a leap day) allows for everything to stay lined up and doesn’t interrupt the 7-day week cycle

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Metric time is TAI

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