One calendar, one time zone for the whole world?
By QMI Agency
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It may be an idea whose time has come — a calendar that never changes.
Two researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., have found a way to make time "stand still," so that Christmas would fall on the same day every year, and so would birthdays, anniversaries and every other holiday.
Astrophysicist Richard Conn Henry and applied economist Steve H. Hanke created a calendar in which each 12-month period is identical to the one before it.
Sounds like a whimsical notion, but the researchers point out there are several practical reasons for adopting a perpetual calendar.
"Think about how much time and effort are expended each year in redesigning the calendar of every single organization in the world, and it becomes obvious that our calendar would make life much simpler and would have noteworthy benefits," Henry said.
Their scheme would allow "permanent, rational planning of annual activities, from school to work holidays."
Even more important are the economic benefits, according to Hanke, who is billed as an expert in international economics and monetary policy.
"Our calendar would simplify financial calculations and eliminate what we call the 'rip off' factor,'" he said, referring to the complicated formulas for interest on mortgages and any other amount that has to be pro rated according to the "anomalies" on the current calendar.
Henry and Hanke are also advocating for the abolition of time zones in favour of what they call Universal Time.
"Today's cacophony of time zones, daylight savings times and calendar fluctuations, year after year, would be over," they said.
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By QMI Agency
Article Link
It may be an idea whose time has come — a calendar that never changes.
Two researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., have found a way to make time "stand still," so that Christmas would fall on the same day every year, and so would birthdays, anniversaries and every other holiday.
Astrophysicist Richard Conn Henry and applied economist Steve H. Hanke created a calendar in which each 12-month period is identical to the one before it.
Sounds like a whimsical notion, but the researchers point out there are several practical reasons for adopting a perpetual calendar.
"Think about how much time and effort are expended each year in redesigning the calendar of every single organization in the world, and it becomes obvious that our calendar would make life much simpler and would have noteworthy benefits," Henry said.
Their scheme would allow "permanent, rational planning of annual activities, from school to work holidays."
Even more important are the economic benefits, according to Hanke, who is billed as an expert in international economics and monetary policy.
"Our calendar would simplify financial calculations and eliminate what we call the 'rip off' factor,'" he said, referring to the complicated formulas for interest on mortgages and any other amount that has to be pro rated according to the "anomalies" on the current calendar.
Henry and Hanke are also advocating for the abolition of time zones in favour of what they call Universal Time.
"Today's cacophony of time zones, daylight savings times and calendar fluctuations, year after year, would be over," they said.
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