Say I want to compare 2023 and 2024 March data. In 2023, March starts on a Wednesday. In 2024, March starts on a Friday. If I chart day of month, I can visually see the weekend gaps.
I'd like to find a way to compare weeks to the previous year, that executives could easily understand. But because of the movement of the calendar days, this is problematic. How do y'all handle this? Slide the years to match up?
I want the world to adopt a perpetual calendar.
Here's my proposal:
- Month Structure:
- Each month has 28 days.
- There are 13 months in total.
- Leap Year Rule:
- Every 4th year is a leap year, adding an additional day at the end of the year. This day is added every four years to account for the extra time in the Earth's orbit. It is not considered part of any month and is treated as a standalone day. In leap years, the 13th month would have 29 days instead of 28, with Leap Day added at the end.
- Day Alignment:
- January 1 always starts on a Sunday.
- December always ends on a Saturday.
With this calendar, let's see how it would look:
- Every year would have 364 days (13 months * 28 days).
- In a leap year, there would be an additional day at the end, making it 365 days.
- January 1 of one year would always match the day of the week with January 1 of the next year.
For example:
- If January 1, 2024, is a Sunday, then January 1, 2025, would also be a Sunday.
- If December 28, 2024, is a Saturday, then December 28, 2025, would also be a Saturday.
And leap day would be a memorial day with no sales tax, big discounts, and excessive partying.
