Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar

"Time for a change" say Professores Hanke and Henry of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland on their home page. And there are some other statements and the whish to be interviewed. 

Because the famous gentlemen want to be interviewed, I would ask: “How is it, Professores, that if October 15 follows October 4, eleven days had to be eliminated?”  

Second question: After having read several books about the subject “Calendar” I am surprised, that Julian Calendar now is stated to begin in the year 46 BC (instead of everywhere readable in the year 45 BC?

Third question: Did you realize, that your proposal eliminates 5 (five) day-dates? (31^st of January, of May, of July, of August and of October) instead of only one day-date (August 31^st), which will be deleted by the “One Earth Calendar”. (slightest possible encroachments)?

Fourth question: Is it true, that in your calendar vernal equinox sometimes will happen on March 26^th?

I feel reminded on the german idiom “Many (more than one) cooks spoil the porridge”. (Viele Köche verderben den Brei.) At last: Si tacuisstis philosophi mansisstis. (If you would have kept silence, you would have remained as philosophers.) 

Hallo Irv, thank you for your detailed comment on my glossa on the wonderful new “Hanke-Henry Permanent Calendar”.

1. I think at first we have to decide that there is a need for a more even international or better supra-national global Calendar than it is now. I think, you can consent.

2. If we don’t want to have only an academic discussion but an effective improvement of the global time keeping system, we have to go step by step. Will you agree?

3. These steps must fulfill the postulation of “slightest possible encroachments”, because if there are weighty problems of acceptance, a new calendar will not succeed. O.K.?

4. The World Calendar is very even, because the inner structure (31-30-30) of the quarters are the same. But there are suddenly three day-dates eliminated (31^st of March, May and August), what means many heavy problems of acceptance.

5. My proposal “One Earth Calendar” therefore is after the first step only rather even and not very even. First step means: Beginning with 2017 February has 29 and August has 30 days. This means, there is only one day dropped. This means only few problems of acceptance. And nevertheless the first main issue, equal long quarters containing exact 13 weeks, is achieved.

6. Born 15 days after the capital surrender of Hitler-Deutschland, I have a respectful view on culture, history and fate of the jewish people. As every other people I admire and respect, if jewish people have their own calendar in order to define their feasts. Of course each employer has to accept these feasts.

7. If there is a majority in the Economic and Social Council of the UNO in consent to a blank day at New Years Eve, everybody has to accept this decision for the global calendar.

8. I think, we do not need a decision on leap-regularity now. If we drop leap days from 2020 until including 2060 and have absolute equal calendaric years over a time for 47 years, it will be enough, if then will be decided, what leap regularity should be fixed.

9. If there is a majority to make the calendar more even (February and March 30, April 31 and May 30 days), there is much time to achieve these aims.

 [2] The League of Nations did not "reject" the proposal
     introduced by Chile on 1937-01-27; due to the war,
     it did not act in any way upon it.

 [3] While it is true that the US expressed their opposition

     against a change in the calendar because of "neutral days",
     this was not a "veto". It did not stop the UN from
     further action upon the topic. In fact, the last action
     of the Economic and Social Council was a postponenment
     "sine die" on 1956-05-16. It still is postponed.