"Februarius had 28 days, until circa 450 BC when it had 23 or 24 days on some of every second year, until Julius when it had 29 days on every fourth year and 28 days otherwise."Paul Graupp wrote:I still don't know why some ancient thought one month should be shortest....
For further details see..
http://www.crowl.org/Lawrence/time/months.html
The problem now is that to change the calendar would require the simultaneous approval of hundreds of nation states, not to mention the Airline industry. So, for now, we can do....
NOTHING.
As food for thought, the Russian word for Monday is (in our alphabet) PONEDELNIK, which means "DO NOTHING".