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[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

speaking of leap days, I also considered using a quad-year as a unit, integrating the leap day as a standard day. 365.25x4=1461. But that only divides by 3 and 481, even worse!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

And would require special handling in 3/4 of what are now centuries