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It was intended to bring the existing Julian calendar in Eastern orthodox churches closer in to line with the gregorian calendar. It was not meant to be a universal calendar.

It's not realistic to alter the existing calendar in this day and age. The gregorian calendar was already too embedded in 1923 to change, and now it's globally dominant.

The only way to replace the calendar now would probably have to be a brand new calendar (to prevent confusion with the existing calendar, it'd need new month names for example) OR a global agreed change to the gregorian calendar.

Neither is likely; there doesn't seem to be a big enough need or benefit to get countries together to change this. They can't even agree on action on pressing crises like the climate crisis.

That system was laid out too late into human development, though it's still possible it just needs to be given time. Though that won't stop me from using my own system.

Wikipedia tells me it was come up with in 1923, long after both global trade and the industrial revolution. You need all the countries to agree on the same calendar system or commerce is really hindered. It was way too late to change in 1923.

The French tried to change the calendar to something more sensible and closer to metric after the French Revolution. It did not last long.

Things seem to work just fine with the calendar we have anyway.

Also, it could be worse. The Mayans had three different calendar systems- a solar calendar, a lunar calendar, and a 260-day calendar which we don't know the origin of, but I like Dr. Ed Barnhart's theory that it's very close to a human gestational period.

look at the chaos that Y2K was. one doesn't simply adopt a new calendar.

it's too ingrained. it's like ripping out the foundations of a house to build a new one. it would have to be one hell of a calendar