[ale] [OT] Date change proposal

[Jim Philips]

Jim Kinney wrote:
> This may seem to come out of left field (as do many of my ideas...) but I
> would like some feedback on a proposal to renumber the calendar year.
>
> The current scheme is based on an event that is controversial and not
> exactly well defined time-wise. Further is is oriented around a time period
> that is longer than a solar year. Having the year numbering system based on
> an event that is central to one religious culture denigrates all others.
>
> I would like to propose a new calendaring scheme based around an event that
> represents a human milestone achievement. Granted is tied to the
> accomplishments of a single country but it is clearly a global, human event.
>   
You mean something like the first release of Linux?