The World Calendar
The World Calendar (also: Universal Calendar ) is a bill to reform the Gregorian calendar.
History
The basic pattern of the " world calendar " comes from a developed concept in 1834 by Marco Mastrofini. In 1930, Elisabeth Achelis the World Calendar Association (WCA ), which sought in the subsequent period, initially to enforce the World Calendar the League of Nations and then the UN. In the 30 's to the 50 's of the 20th Century there were two organizations aspirations for a calendar reform. The World Calendar the best opportunities were thereby given to implementation. However, no decision for a calendar reform or a preferred alternative calendar came about.
In 1955, the WCA dissolved by internal disputes. Your succeeded by the International World Calendar Association ( IWCA ).
The world of the calendar system
The World Calendar is a modification of the Julian calendar dar. Like him, he divided the year into twelve months. An outstanding feature is the first permanently - fixed combination of date and weekday. Each year begins with Sunday, January 1. The Year of the World calendar is divided into four quarters, each 91 days. This is one of the first month of each quarter ( January, April, July and October ) both 31 days and the remaining two months of 30 days each. The switching rule has been adopted by the Gregorian calendar reform (1582 ). Significant differences from the currently existing Julian calendar made in the month lengths and in the interruption of the week ranking at the end of the year and in leap years also in the middle of the year.
The week cycle was a quarterly basis in line with the monthly running: The first month of each quarter begins with a Sunday. In order to allow the following year begins again with a Sunday, so not following the 30 December ( always a Saturday) on a Sunday, but as the 365th day of the year, the so-called World Day that is not assigned to any month and any one week. In leap years an extra day is added after June 30, which is also outside of the weekly cycle.
The World Calendar is true in the period from 1 September to 28 February with the Julian calendar are largely the same.
Pros and Cons
Proponents of the World Calendar point to its simple design. The year always begins with a Sunday, and also any other date is always assigned the same week every year. The quarters each comprising 91 days, tailored for 13 weeks. Since all four quarters are the same length and, moreover, include the months of quarters within each consistently 31 days, 30 days and again 30 days, the comparison of quarterly statistics is greatly improved. The World Day of the week free New Year's Eve will be a day of erdweiten pause in the opinion of the World Calendar Association, expressing the solidarity of mankind together.
Critics criticize the traditional anti- interruption of the week ranking. Also the fact that in leap years in the middle of the calendar on Saturday, June 30, no Sunday follows, but first the inserted leap, moreover, without weeks affiliation, was a break with the centuries-old tradition of unexceptional Seven days a week, through since their introduction the Babylonians had survived all calendar reform and has become an integral part of such different calendar systems such as the Jewish calendar, the Christian calendar and the Muslim calendar. In addition, the World Calendar hampers the integration of many church festivals which are tied to astronomical events (eg Easter). The acceptance of the World Calendar 'll complicated by the fact that three days data are deleted: March 31, 31 May and 31 August.
Auguste Comte also took in developing its positivist calendar Mastrofinis idea of interrupting the cycle by a week pasted special day.