couchmaster518 t1_irkeu6i wrote on October 8, 2022 at 10:50 PM

Reply to comment by my__socrates__note in TIL French used 10h day instead of 24h between 1793 - 1805 during era called "decimalisation" by NightKnight_CZ

No Sundays on their calendar… this was by design, if I recall correctly

Edit: the point of removing Sunday was to establish a secular calendar and society; I failed to get that across.

LooieKablooie t1_irkz5j4 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:35 AM

As opposed to it being an accident?

“Oh - hell. Did you see where I put Sunday? It was JUST here! No helping it now, I suppose…”

slvrbullet87 t1_irmls63 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 12:39 PM

It was by design, it just didn't work because people still tracked Sundays and went to church. The other reason it failed is workers only got 1 full day of rest in a 10 day week. They did also get a half day, but getting off at noon isn't the same as not going in to work at all.

seamustheseagull t1_irmkozb wrote on October 9, 2022 at 12:28 PM

I thought you meant that this was some real specific attempt to get rid of Sunday in particular; maybe an anti-religious thing in the new Republic.

But no, all days were eliminated, replaced with a ten-day week with days named "First" to "Tenth".

Why did you single out Sunday in particular?

Ediwir t1_irmo8rj wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:03 PM

Anticlericalism and antireligiousness were important components of the philosophy of the time, because religion was seen as a tool of the old nobility. However they were not shared by the population at large.

couchmaster518 t1_irmod97 wrote on October 9, 2022 at 1:04 PM

Because I was trying (but poorly) to make that exact point; removing Sunday de-religious-ized (??) the calendar so a secular society could be established. The attempt failed, obviously.