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Mark Sims
Tue, Dec 13, 2016 5:21 PM

Well, one calendar did it In the most elegant way possible.  They divided the year into 12 months of 30 days.  Any days that were left over never happened and were spent doing things like  drunken orgies which magically never happened since the extra days did not exist.  'Twas not a good thing to be born during the off days... far worse than being born on 29 Feb.


How did the Mayans deal with leap seconds?

Well, one calendar did it In the most elegant way possible. They divided the year into 12 months of 30 days. Any days that were left over never happened and were spent doing things like drunken orgies which magically never happened since the extra days did not exist. 'Twas not a good thing to be born during the off days... far worse than being born on 29 Feb. ------------------- > How did the Mayans deal with leap seconds?