BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agoThe Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year?message-squaremessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1155arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1150arrow-down1message-squareThe Chinese calendar is 4721 years old. Did it have the same problem as the Julian calendar with an imprecise number of days per year?BarqsHasBite@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMxM111@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·edit-21 year agoYou are wrong. It is easier to adjust earth rotation around its own axis, changing day duration, so that there are exactly 365 days in a year. Well, maybe 256 is better.
minus-squarefinn_der_mensch@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoEasier to calculate with years AND longer days? Take my money, I’m in
You are wrong. It is easier to adjust earth rotation around its own axis, changing day duration, so that there are exactly 365 days in a year. Well, maybe 256 is better.
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Easier to calculate with years AND longer days? Take my money, I’m in