Timey's Calendarium

[timey]

Originally Posted by Mr Morningstarr*

Well I never knew that. So what is the official holiday classed as?

Do you still get the same number of Bank Holidays as England all together?

The holiday we get is the Aberdeen local holiday, which is on 21st April. Other areas of Scotland get different days.

I'm not sure how many we get to be honest as my company gives us 8 days on top of our annual leave to take throughout the year. The only days we have to take are Dec 25th and 26th and Jan 1st, which come out of the 8 days.

[timey]

Today is the "official" start of spring (inverted commas used because this is not actually decreed anywhere) as the quinox takes place today. Of a more noticeable nature than the weather (especially as it is going to be pretty wintery over this weekend ) is the fact that the days will now be longer than the nights for the next six months.

[playme]

its been staying pretty light in the evenings the past few days, timey are the clocks going back or forward this weekend mr demic mentioned it last night

[timey]

A week on Sunday (30th March).

[playme]

do they go back or forward

[timey]

Forward.

[playme]

cheers timey

[timey]

APRIL

Till April is dead, change not a thread

Names for this month:
Latin Aprilis
French avril
Spanish abril
Portuguese Abril
Italian aprile
German April
Welsh Ebrill
Scots Gaelic an Giblean
Irish Aibreán

Before Caesar's reform of the calendar in 46 BC, April had only 29 days, increasing to 30 in the reform. So, April has had 30 days for over 2000 years, but this will change in the year 2100, when it will have 31 days. This will be implemented under International Standard ISO 8601:2006 in order to compensate for the gradual slowing of the Earth's orbit, and will be the first time that an additional day has been inserted into the calendar for this purpose, outside of the normal leap days (ISO - FAQs - Date and time format).

April may be derived from the Latin aprere, meaning 'to open', but this is not linguistically credible. Modern scholars believe that the month was named by Julius Caesar after a little-known mistress of his named Aprilis Fulestae.

Some important dates this April:
1st - April Fools Day
6th - New Moon
6th - Tartan Day (Scotland and diaspora)
6th - Start of new Tax Year in UK
7th - Hindu Lunar New Year
20th - Start of Passover
20th - Full Moon
21st - Queen's Birthday (Union Flag is flown)
23rd - St George's Day (England)
25th - ANZAC Day (Australia and New Zealand)
27th - Orthodox Easter Sunday
30th - Beltane (Celtic Start of Summer)
30th - Walpurgisnacht

[timey]

It's May tomorrow, so here's the lowdown on the new month.

MAY

Ne'er cast a cloot, till May be oot.

Names for this month:
Latin Maius
French mai
Spanish mayo
Portuguese Maio
Italian maggio
German Mai
Welsh Mai
Scots Gaelic an Cèitean
Irish Bealtaine

May is named after Maia, a goddess of growth.

Some important dates this May:
1st - May Day; playme's birthday; Beltane, ancient Pagan spring festival; Ascension Day
4th - International Firefighters' Day; World Laughter Day
5th - New Moon; May Day Bank Holiday (GB)
9th - Europe Day
11th - Pentecost; Mother's Day (North America)
12th - International Nurses' Day; Whit Monday
18th - Trinity Sunday
19th - Full Moon; Victoria Day (Canada)
22nd - Corpus Christi
26th - Spring Bank Holiday (GB)
29th - Oak Apple Day (England)

[Mr Morningstarr*]

May The Fourth is also Star Wars Day.