Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoTIL that January 1 was chosen as the first day of the year by Julius Caesar as the god Janus (where January got its name) was the god of doors and it made sense that the door was open to the new year.www.mentalfloss.comexternal-linkmessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1324arrow-down14
arrow-up1320arrow-down1external-linkTIL that January 1 was chosen as the first day of the year by Julius Caesar as the god Janus (where January got its name) was the god of doors and it made sense that the door was open to the new year.www.mentalfloss.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square36fedilink
minus-squareQuilotoa@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·9 days agoThat could work. I especially like that it doesn’t start over again like the 12 hour clock.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoI use 24 hour time and imo that would be a much simpler fix to move that into being a standard.
That could work. I especially like that it doesn’t start over again like the 12 hour clock.
I use 24 hour time and imo that would be a much simpler fix to move that into being a standard.