Personally, I would go for naming them after the twelve largest moons in the solar system, since they were originally (and still are in many cultures) based on the lunar cycles, giving the months Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, etc.

What would you rename the months?

edit: Simply using the numbers is already a thing (see, for example, 2026-01-01. January is represented as month 1), and reordering the existing month names would be a real headache, as it would be difficult to tell whether you are reading a date using the old or new naming scheme.

  • zeet@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    1 day ago

    April, August, December, Februrary, March, May, January, July, June, November, October, September

    (i.e. the existing names but alphabetised)

    (EDIT: J traditionally comes before M. Am idiot.)

    • sbird@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
      11·
      1 day ago

      This wouldn’t be a good idea, as then people would easily mix up dates using the old names with your system (e.g. January would go from being the first month to being the seventh!)