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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (21 children)

This probably doesn't count, but Sosigenes of Alexandria was an Ancient Greek astronomer who designed the Julian calendar in 45 BC. This was replaced in 1582 AD with the Gregorian calendar (named after Pope Gregory XIII) and is still in use today. Of course both were found by science, but it took the weight of the Catholic Church to push for the more accurate calendar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar

[–] killeronthecorner 25 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I think the vast majority of scientists, at least computer scientists, would argue against the efficacy and accuracy of the Gregorian calendar.

It's more of a "we're stuck with it" situation than a testament to its scientific veracity.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (14 children)

at least computer scientists, would argue against the efficacy and accuracy of the Gregorian calendar.

Agreed. If I had it my way, basically everything would be using unix time.

[–] tetelestia 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What would Unix time improve? Yeah let's schedule to meet at 1693456789, repeating every 7*86,400 seconds.

Time zones are a mess, but that's not the fault of the calendar.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm joking for the most part

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