Well!

[lsanderson]

It's time to start writing the wrong year on those checks I don't write no more.

Happy Western New Year!

Comments

[quadong]

I wrote the correct date on the check I wrote today, and congratulated myself for it.

Well!

[lsanderson]

The first one is free. Usually, anyway.

Re: Well!

[pameladean]

I get the first one or two right and then drop my guard and immediately put the wrong year on the next one.

P.

Re: Well!

[lsanderson]

Exactly!

[minnehaha]

Clinks glasses. I miss the festivities we used to have!

K.

Well!

[lsanderson]

Me too.

[quadong]

Maybe "Happy Civil New Year" would be more accurate than "Western", since 97% of the world's population uses it for legal purposes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_calendar

Of course "Happy Gregorian New Year" would be the most accurate.


I do like reading about calendar systems. I like this one:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar

It inserts leap days as necessary to align with the observed tropical year, without the use of a fixed formula as the Gregorian calendar does. It is therefore in some sense "more accurate" than the Gregorian calendar. I don't know you plan for the future when you aren't sure which years will be leap years, and I'm sure the answers are fascinating.