Forum: Story Ideas

There might be a story idea in the "fact" that the middle of the year is not the moment when June 30th becomes July 1. That is when the seventh month of twelve begins. But most of the time there are 365 days in a year. That means the 183rd day is the midpoint of the year. (182 days times two is 364.) But thanks to the Romans who gave us most of the calendar we use February only has 28 days. Julius and Augustus Caesar decided their months, July and August, would be at least as large as any other month, and the days disappeared from February. Which was the last month in the Latin Calendar, the year started in March. Notice September is related to the Latin for 7, October to 8, November to 9 and December to 10.

So the 183rd day in 2018 AD (in Latin, anno domini, the year of the lord) is July 2nd. I submit for your consideration at noon on July 2nd the year is half over, and half remains to come. If you think the year is half over now, if you are reading this July 1, 2018, wait until noon July 2nd to celebrate.

I am not sure how this might make a story, but it didn't seem to fit anywhere else. Maybe time travelers get somewhere later than they expected because they asked to go half a year?

If you think the year is half over now, if you are reading this July 1, 2018, wait until noon July 2nd to celebrate.

Well, if you want to be really precise, a year is actually 365.2425 days long. That's one full trip around the Sun. So half a year is actually July 2nd at 12:00 p.m. + 0.12125 days if you ignore leap year. More or less. :)

I have been told the Queen of England selects a day later in the year where the weather is better to have a party to celebrate it.

Wikipedia:

"The Queen's Official Birthday, or the King's Official Birthday, is the selected day in some Commonwealth realms on which the birthday of the monarch (currently Elizabeth II) is officially celebrated in those countries.

The sovereign's birthday was first officially marked in the United Kingdom in 1748, for King George II. Since then, the date of the king or queen's birthday has been determined throughout the British Empire, and later the Commonwealth of Nations, either by royal proclamations issued by the sovereign or governor or by statute laws passed by the local parliament. The date of the celebration today varies as adopted by each country and is generally set around the end of May or start of June, to coincide with a higher probability of fine weather in the Northern Hemisphere for outdoor ceremonies, rather than with the monarch's actual birthday, that of the present monarch being 21 April.[1] In some cases, it is an official public holiday, sometimes aligning with the celebration of other events. Most Commonwealth realms release a Queen's Birthday Honours list at this time."