# Wouldn't 13 twenty eight day months make a better calendar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 11, 2018, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447 "2018-08-11T21:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447/41 "2018-08-13T16:56:20Z")
There are already 13 signs of the Zodiac anyway; no need to change that. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447/42 "2018-08-13T19:49:26Z")
I’ve been giving this a lot of thought since I hurt my back a few months ago … I work three days on and one day off … days of the week and dates of the month are pretty much meaningless to me … it’s either 4 inch/1, 4 inch/2, 2 inch or off … that’s the size of the paint brush I use for the day … very literally from _Crocodile Dundee_: “See you on Wednesday”, “Sure, Walt, what day is today?” ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2018, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447/43 "2018-08-13T22:44:13Z")
I would do away with months entirely and just give each day a number over a given 4 year period. Day 1 - 1,461 1st cycle. 2nd cycle, etc. People would make it work. They do with the metric system. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2018, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447/44 "2018-08-14T01:42:59Z")
Clearly, the first thing to do is o slow the moon down, so that we only have 10 months. If we can slow the Earth down the same way, so that a year is 350 days, then we’ve got 10 months of 5 weeks each! Easy peasy. Of course this mucks up ‘90 day bank bills’ but that’s a flexible concept anyway. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447/45 "2018-08-15T18:56:58Z")
> [@DavidwithanR](#): > > “Messidor” sounds like it has a lot of notes and pictures thumbtacked to it. 🙂 “Thermador” sounds like it should be followed by Cuspidor and Humidor.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447/46 "2018-08-15T19:01:36Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > So if your birthday was on a Monday, your birthday would _always_ be on a Monday? Dude, you, like, totally harshed my buzz. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447/47 "2018-08-18T15:58:29Z")
Since we’ve already established the OP has not suggested a better calendar, here’s one that has my vote: > **[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican_Long_Count_calendar)** > > The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar is a non-repeating base-20 and base-18 calendar used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures, most notably the Maya. For this reason, it is often known as the Maya Long Count calendar. Using a modified vigesimal tally, the Long Count calendar identifies a day by counting the number of days passed since a mythical creation date that corresponds to August 11, 3114 BCE in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.\[a\] The Long Count calendar was widely used on mo... ---
**Author:** ![skdo23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@skdo23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skdo23)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447/48 "2018-08-18T16:41:43Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Lousy Smarch weather. > > “Don’t touch–Willie.” Good advice. > The 13th month should be called **Anathema** since 13 is unlucky. Damn, you beat me to it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wouldnt-13-twenty-eight-day-months-make-a-better-calendar/819447.md?page=2)