A True Perpetual Calendar Why yet another version of the calendar? Mainly for the same reasons that people keep trying to improve the one we have ... human beings dislike untidiness, and the constant changing of the day of the week on which a holiday or special date falls creates a constant uncertainty. This is not such a big thing for individuals, in fact it’s sort of fun to find that your birthday or anniversary falls on a weekend, and planning one’s vacation around holidays to stretch it out can sometimes also be an entertaining challenge. A bit of spontaneity is fine in small doses and as an antidote to boredom. Another challenge that is not so apparent, however, occurs in business and to some degree in government and education. It also impacts the national economy. This is the discrepancy that occurs in comparing same periods from year to year, whether the periods are weeks or months, and it affects planning, purchasing, manpower requirements, and a myriad of other factors that directly affect the stock market, profits, paychecks, and tax revenues. Because of the difficulty, in some cases impossibility, of making valid comparisons, supply and demand are often out of step with each other. Consequently you will find all sorts of equal-month calendars, thirteen-month calendars, and other variations of our current 365-366 day, twelve-month calendar. The difference is, this one works. The twelve months retain their familiar number of days, names, and sequence. Changes to these have been a major sticking point for previous calendar revision proposals. This Standard Calendar equalizes the days and weeks of the year within the year itself, eliminating the precession of weeks from one year to the next. With this calendar, the days of the month will always fall on the same day of the week every year, facilitating planning both for personal uses and for government, education, and business purposes. The positive economic impact of a dependable five-weekend Christmas/Holiday shopping season cannot be exaggerated, both for private enterprise and for the tax revenues generated. It will be easy to find fault with this proposal; I have found several objections in developing it, and some of them are mentioned below. For something more challenging, try finding solutions as you discover the shortcomings inherent in changing the calendar, or other advantages not already covered here. As you do so, please email them to me so they can be included on this page. The
Standard Calendar
With American Holidays Shown
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