Q:
What happens to my birthday or anniversary if the day no
longer appears in The World Calendar?
A:
The World Calendar allocates 30 days each
in March, May, August and December. Birthdays and other
anniversaries that used the Gregorian 31st day in those
months will typically use the 30th of the same month for
purposes of observance in The World Calendar. As with either
calendar, actual celebration dates typically vary according
to preference and convenience. Dropping
the 31st does not change the fact that an event actually
occurred on the 31st. Records such as birth certificates
and drivers licenses continue to use the 31st whenever that
is the accurate date from the past. Similarly, obituaries
list actual dates, even if The World Calendar no longer
uses it. Starting in 2012, without additional repetitions
of those four days numbered 31, no more history will be
created for them.
Q:
Why is the World Calendar better than the present Gregorian
Calendar?
A:
IT'S
SIMPLE! The logic and simplicity allow instant access from
memory without references to paper or computer. Schools
and businesses no longer need to juggle around annually
shifting combinations of holidays. Equal length quarters
allow for better comparisons. Worlds Day and Leap-year Day
holidays can help bring a sense of world unity as individuals
everywhere celebrate according to their own particular preferences.
ALSO, this planet and
its growing population will fare better ecologically without
an outmoded calendar unnecessarily drawing upon natural
resources. Because it is perpetual, the World Calendar is
reusable year after year.
Q:
Why change in 2012?
A:
The year 2011 ends on Saturday and
the World Calendar always begins on Sunday. This combination
allows for transition without any disruption to the flow
of daily activity.
Q:
IF not 2012, when?
A:
Other Gregorian calendar years that begin on Sunday would
allow similar transition. The earliest recent date would
have been 2006, but the size of this project made that
seem unreasonably soon. After 2012, 2017 is the next Gregorian
year that begins on Sunday.
Q:
HOW could I have missed knowing about The World Calendar
before now?
A:
There might not be any
single answer, so don't feel like you've been missing
out on something obvious. Any answer might include some
guesswork since anyone who heard of The World Calendar
last century can't say why they didn't and anyone who
didn't is left asking why not?
The
last serious attempt to reform the calender ended in the
early 1950s, about the time black and white televisions
were becoming available for home use. Personal computers
and satellites to connect them were still decades away.
Each advance helped the spread of ideas become less easily
controlled. One thing for sure is that we're glad you
are learning about The World Calendar this time around.
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