University professors want to abolish leap years and create new calendar

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The calendar will be exactly the same, every year,” said Richard Conn Henry, an astronomer at Johns Hopkins University and one of the calendar's designers. Having the date fall on the same day of the week every year eliminates inefficiencies with planning and scheduling that the “herky-jerky” Gregorian calendar has, Mr Henry said. “Our calendar fixes that problem,” Mr Hanke said, because business would consistently operate on 91-day quarters. “This disruption avoidance will save a lot of money: our calculations are that about $575 per year per person in terms of economic losses that will be avoided, because you'll have the long break on the weekend.” When he explains the new calendar, Mr Hanke said, people seem most upset their birthdays will always occur on the same day of the week.