3. The International Date Line Should Also Be the Prime Meridian
The Prime Meridian should be placed at the International Date Line. The International Date Line/Prime Meridian would then be redefined as 0° longitude. Greenwich would be at 180° longitude.
View Article4. Simplify Time Zones
All non-standard time zones should be eliminated. Also, in the US, all of Oregon should be on Pacific Time, Idaho on Mountain Time, all of ND, SD, NE, KS, and TX should be on Central Time, and every...
View Article5. Countdown Clocks
Countdown clocks for space shuttle and rocket launches should smoothly and continuously countdown without any planned pauses or stoppages. If something unexpected occurs or a problem is found, then...
View Article6. Redefining & Simplifying Units of Time
With some modifications, Swatch Internet Time should be adopted as the only global standard method of time keeping, for both international and local usage. The next best thing would be to at least...
View Article7. Adopt the 13-Month Calendar
Unfortunately, it seems to be impracticably complex to devise a true lunar month calendar in which each month averages 29.5 days (the amount of time it takes the moon to orbit the earth). In such a...
View Article8. Before the Present (BP) Redefinition & BC/AD Zero Year Adjustment
Before the Present (BP) is currently based on the year 1950 AD. When they constructed this dating system in the early 1950s, they should have been a little more forward-thinking and should have chosen...
View Article9. Weeks Should Begin On Mondays, Not Sundays
Weeks should begin on Mondays not Sundays. This is more logical because then the weekend could accurately be defined as the end of the work week–Saturday and Sunday. Also, it is easier to think about...
View Article10. Memorial Day/Veteran’s Day/Election Day Holiday
Every national Election Day should be a national holiday. This would encourage people to study election issues and give them more time to vote. Also, Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day are very similar,...
View Article11. Halloween Holiday Transformed
There should be a day of the year (preferably Halloween) in which kids can dress up as what they want to be when they grow up while adults can dress up as what they still want to be in the future or as...
View Article12. Last Day of Decade Holiday
The last day of each decade (Dec. 31, 1999, 2009, etc.) should be a national holiday, just like New Year’s Day. At the very least, the last day of each century should be a national holiday. To give...
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