Since 2012, the world can move to a new calendar

    The initiative to replace the current Gregorian calendar with a new one was made by the influential World Association of Calendars. Its head Wayne Richardson did not rule out that from 2012 the world will switch to a new calendar, abandoning the current, introduced in 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII.

    The current calendar has 365 days, but a leap year has 366 days. Another drawback is that the quarters have a different number of days and thereby hamper economic activity.

    The association offers a new type of calculus. Her project, dubbed “Y2K,” is based on a version of the world calendar that was nearly approved by the UN in the 1950s.

    The proposed calendar contains 365 days, but each year that begins on Sunday has one additional day - the second Saturday. The coming year starting from Sunday is 2012. Richardson said that the association will do everything necessary so that the new calendar is introduced by all countries of the world by this date.

    At the same time, an alternative project appeared - the calendar “Symmetry-454”. It was developed by a well-known specialist and professor at the University of Canada from the city of Toronto, Ivre Bromberg.

    The idea of ​​a symmetric calendar is that every new month starts on Monday. However, the fee for this is to increase the number of days - up to 35 for four months: February, May, August and November. The number of days for all other months is reduced to 28.

    Now these calendars are being examined by experts who will send their findings to the UN. The latter has the necessary powers to abandon the current Gregorian calendar and introduce a new one. It is reported by ITAR-TASS.

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