Intelligent-Prune-33 t1_jeduu35 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:43 AM

Reply to comment by Time-Garbage- in Britain ‘haven for fraudsters’ as 1% of cases result in charges, say MPs by Goal1

The… huh? The ides of march is the 74th day of the Roman calendar (that happens to correspond to 15 march in the Gregorian.) doubling that it’d be may 28th.

MississippiJoel t1_jeeufo7 wrote on March 31, 2023 at 2:33 PM

So the Wikipedia article is a little confusing, but apparently the Roman calendar actually began with the spring equinox in March, so the Ides of March would fall on the 15th by either counting method.

The Julian calendar added two months, but that's where I'm getting confused with the extent of its other reforms, and whether it began with January or March.

However, the central point you are making still stands: "Ides" simply means "the middle," so it would either be the 15th or the 13th of a given month, so "Double Middle" would make no sense in any timekeeping context.

Time-Garbage- t1_jedzeqc wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:49 AM

15x2 dummy. Anybody who measures time like that I don't want to know.

Bokth t1_jee2f4b wrote on March 31, 2023 at 10:29 AM

I've never heard anyone call July 8th double Independence Day