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Why the Lukashian Calendar is better

So, why is this? That is a good question. To answer it, let's look at the numbers of the "old" Gregorian Calendar, which is the calendar used by most people today. This is what it looks like:

The seconds in a minute run from 0 to 59, except when the minute has a leap second, then it's 0 to 60
The minutes in an hour run from 0 to 59
The hours in a day run from 0 to 23, except when there's a summer time / winter time switch
The days in a week run from 1 to 7
The days in a month run from 1 to 28. Or 1 to 30. Or 1 to 31... Except when there's a leap year. Then, February has 29 days. When is there a leap year? When the year is divisible by 4. Except when it's also divisible by 100, then it's not a leap year. Except when it's also divisible by 400, then it's a leap year again...
The months in a year run from 1 to 12
The weeks in a year run from 1 to 52, or 1 to 53
The days in a year run from 1 to 365, or 1 to 366
The first year in the calendar is 1582, because it's a continuation of the Julian Calendar

This is a huge, inconsistent, illogical and incoherent mess. The reason for that is because the Gregorian Calendar was never designed. It grew organically over the millennia.

So, why do we put up with it? Because we're used to it! Sure, there are other calendars, but they generally have similar mechanisms and the same problems. We simply don't know any better. Until now. In the Lukashian Calendar, the numbers look like this:

The time of day runs from 0 to 9999
The days in a year run from 1 to 365, or 1 to 366
The first year in the calendar is 1

The design of the Lukashian Calendar looks at which elements are necessary for making a calendar useful to people. Days are necessary, because of the daytime/nighttime cycle. Years are necessary, because of the seasons. All other elements of the Gregorian Calendar are made up for historical reasons, but aren't actually useful.

This means that there are no minutes, hours, week numbers, weekdays, months, time zones, leap days, leap seconds, summer time, AM/PM and any of the complexity that comes with them.

Perfection is achieved, not when there's nothing more to add, but when there's nothing left to take away

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry -

An interesting experiment is trying to explain the Lukashian Calendar to young children, who aren't used to the Gregorian Calendar yet. Years, days and the time of day relate directly to actual movements of the Earth and the mechanism is simple and logical. After letting them play with it for a while, try to explain the Gregorian Calendar to them, with all the numbers listed above.

One thing you'll notice is that it's very hard to explain the Gregorian Calendar in the first place, because it doesn't make any sense. Another thing is the look on the children's faces when they try to understand it. What you'll get is an unbiased judgment from people who aren't used to anything yet. Every single time, the Lukashian Calendar will win out.

Benefits

Aside from the fact that the Lukashian Calendar is simpler and makes more sense, there are various other benefits:

The Gregorian Calendar can be more than 16 minutes out of sync with the rotation of the Earth, and with it, your biological clock. Using the Lukashian Calendar will lead to a healthier life and a better balanced day-night cycle. See how this works and how you can improve your well-being.
Programmers around the world spend countless hours dealing with complex calendar logic. Read how a lot of time and money can be saved.
The Lukashian Calendar provides many benefits to science, from education to calendars for exoplanets.
In a globalized world, the drawbacks of time zones outnumber the benefits. Read how a global, universal calendar can benefit global organizations worldwide.

Did you know...

...that in the old, Gregorian Calendar, the amount of time zones in the past was far higher than the amount of time zones today? Each major city had its own time zone and, not too long ago, most of them were merged. That means that, for dates in the past, you must consider the time zones as they were back then! This leads to lots of weirdness, where, on the day of a time zone merger, a part of that day simply does not exist! This is not as long ago as you might think, for example, this one.
...that leap seconds don't actually solve the problem of days becoming longer? This is because, in the Gregorian Calendar, making a day longer, also makes the corresponding year longer! Eventually, either the seasons or the days will be out of sync with reality.
...when exactly we have a "week 53" in the old, Gregorian Calendar? No? This is not surprising. The page that explains just this small thing, is longer than this entire website! Also have a look at the page about the Gregorian Calendar and the page about UTC. This level of complexity is mind-numbing and completely unnecessary.

If you are interested in how exactly the Lukashian Calendar works, then please see this page.

Contact

If you have any questions or comments, want to contribute, or require assistance with using the Lukashian Calendar, you can always send an email or ask on LinkedIn.

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