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pselie4 t1_j6mkz86 wrote

Reply to comment by DoctorOtter in eli5 why do we use a 12 month calendar? by brybob19

>These new seconds are not the same length as regular seconds. I haven't done the math but it is possible to just make a second faster or slower.

You just gave every scientist and engineer a new nightmare. And I'm sure every programmer who ever had to code time and date functions has put you on their hit list.

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DoctorOtter t1_j6mm28p wrote

Ok. We don't necessarily need to go all the way down to new seconds. We can keep the hours in a day as is but have new months and weeks.

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