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Evil Chris
11-24-2005, 12:09 PM
It's coming... Canada will be moving to a 25 hour clock on February 29th, 2008 (which is the next leap year day from the old Gregorian calendar).

The new Metric calendar is designed to keep the vernal equinox on or close to March 21, so that the date of Easter (celebrated on the Sunday after the 14th day of the Moon that falls on or after 21 March) remains correct with respect to the vernal equinox.
The vernal equinox year is currently about 365.242375 days long.
The Metric calendar will eliminate the Gregorian leap year rule as it will naturally give an average year length of 365 days.
This difference of a little over 0.0001 days means that in around 8,000 years, the calendar will be about one day behind where it should be. (A strong difference from the current system.) But in 8,000 years' time the length of the vernal equinox year will have changed by an amount we can't accurately predict, which makes this change very logical.

So now, does this mean I'm going to live to be 100? Or 95?
Depending on what calendar I'm using.
Inabon
11-24-2005, 12:12 PM
to me it means that cientists are always complicating shit.
LadyMischief
11-24-2005, 12:54 PM
My daughter was born on leap year day... wonder what that will mean :P
Nickatilynx
11-24-2005, 12:57 PM
Is that dog?
Is that cat shit I can smell?

No , its bullshit!!!

LOL

:)
jact
11-24-2005, 12:57 PM
Hmm, so let me get this straight. No more leap year? So, my daughter who was born on leap year in 2004, will only ever have one real birthday (next leapyear) and then never again? Damn, she's gunna be pissed, stuck at 1 forever, no voting, drinking, driving, anything.
LadyMischief
11-24-2005, 12:58 PM
Hmm, so let me get this straight. No more leap year? So, my daughter who was born on leap year in 2004, will only ever have one real birthday (next leapyear) and then never again? Damn, she's gunna be pissed, stuck at 1 forever, no voting, drinking, driving, anything.

Hahahah that's the first thing that came into my head too. She can have my birthday instead, I don't like the April Fool's thing :P
Evil Chris
11-24-2005, 01:25 PM
Is that dog?
Is that cat shit I can smell?

No , its bullshit!!!

LOL

:)
It's true.

I read it on the internet. ;)
Dravyk
11-24-2005, 01:55 PM
Canadians and Europeans always have to screw things up. :hmm:
Trev
11-24-2005, 02:14 PM
An extra hour everyday would be cool... that's 7 hours more sleep per week. :okthumb:
MorganGrayson
11-24-2005, 03:15 PM
Hahahah that's the first thing that came into my head too. She can have my birthday instead, I don't like the April Fool's thing :P

That broke me up. One of the things my mother was always most grateful for was that she was born March 31st...and hence avoided having an April Fool's Day birthday. :)
Newton
11-24-2005, 03:50 PM
Canadians and Europeans always have to screw things up. :hmm:

Dear Chavyk .. I will be classified as both soon enough .. thats a double :finger011 :D
Evil Chris
11-24-2005, 10:35 PM
Hahahah that's the first thing that came into my head too. She can have my birthday instead, I don't like the April Fool's thing :P
My cousin was born on April 1st as well. She's not bothered by it at all though.
Dravyk
11-25-2005, 02:20 AM
Dear Chavyk .. I will be classified as both soon enough .. thats a double :finger011 :D :Crylol01: :Crylol01: :Crylol01: :Crylol01: :Crylol01:
Sin
11-25-2005, 02:49 AM
Dear Chavyk .. I will be classified as both soon enough .. thats a double :finger011 :D

And I for one am looking forward to have you here! :)
grimm
11-25-2005, 07:32 AM
leave it the canadians to find another way to move to the left:)