George
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Post by George on Jul 28, 2009 11:32:23 GMT 10
I don't think the matter of calendars and timekeeping has come up in any micronational discussion for quite some time. After an early aborted attempt at introducing an alternative calendar in 1987, Atlantium adopted a unique calendar and dating system in 2001. Called the Annus Novus Decimal Calendar, it consists of 10 months of alternating 36/37 day durations, with a 1-day "leap month" inserted at the end of each leap year. The Annus Novus dating system begins with the Year Zero, 10501 years before our foundation year of 1981 CE. The last Ice Age ended approximately 10500-11,000 years ago. In the Annus Novus system, 1981 CE becomes 10500 NE (NE = of the New Era), and 2009 = 10528. The main benefits of using such a system is that: 1. It's culturally neutral. It doesn't seek to impose a christian-derived European system on our global, multi-ethnic population, and 2. All significant dates in post Ice-Age human history can be counted forward from a relatively culturally-neutral historical juncture - including the invention of the wheel, agriculture, animal domestication, writing, the rise of cities etc. Our Minister of Communications assisted the implementation and wider promotion of our calendar by developing a commercial date conversion software application including the Annus Novus calendar. Annus Novus dates are used for all official purposes in Atlantium - including exclusively on our coins, banknotes, stamps and medals. For further information see: www.atlantium.org/calendaran.html
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Post by Jason Mckerra on Jul 28, 2009 12:19:00 GMT 10
I've seen a few micronations dabble in the idea of a new calendar system, but none have implemented it with the degree of rigour you have in Atlantium. Shireroth developed an interesting calendar system but it doesn't appear to be widely used within the micronation. You can see their 2005 calendar here.
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Post by George on Jul 28, 2009 12:28:58 GMT 10
Interesting.
I think the keys to introducing any new system of this nature are:
1. Thinking it through properly to begin with, so it meets your particular needs, is consistent with your broader philosophy, and is easy to understand/implement, and
2. Applying it, across-the-board, consistently, for a long time.
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Post by commiczar on Jul 29, 2009 0:25:12 GMT 10
Interesting Ideas !!
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