Never-changing calendar developed

BALTIMORE, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- A scientist at The John Hopkins University has developed a calendar that never changes from year to year, with Christmas always falling on a Sunday.Using computer programs and mathematical formulas, Richard Henry, professor in the Henry A. Rowland Department of Physics and Astronomy, is waging a Web-based campaign to have the world change to his model by Jan. 1, 2006. Henry said this transition date is ideal, because New Year's Day 2006 falls on a Sunday on both the old and proposed calendars, facilitating a seamless transition.Under Henry's plan, each new 12-month period is identical to the one that came before. Each month has either 30 or 31 days. January, for instance, would have 30 days, as would February, April, May, July, August, October and November. March, June, September and December would all have 31 days.To compensate for leap years, Henry proposes instituting instead a one-week "mini-month" between June and July every five or six years. In honor of his personal hero, Sir Isaac Newton, Henry has dubbed this period "Newton."


Only an American could think it's a good idea to have Christmas Day and New Year's Day always fall on a Sunday (presumably his logic is that then people wouldn't need to have a day off work - God forbid that might happen!).