LWN's 2020 vision

Posted Jan 9, 2020 14:14 UTC (Thu) by amacater (subscriber, #790)
In reply to: LWN's 2020 vision by Wol
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1752 should be the change for England (and, by extension) US at that stage. for fun - look at the calendar for September 1752.

March 25th was a quarter day - so that's when taxes fell due - and was the start of the legal new year because it was easier for judges to give up going on circuit and taking the courts around the country in the worst of the winter. January 1st was already established as New Years Day in some calendars in Europe.

A remnant of March 25th as quarter day is, allegedly, the ffact that the UK tax year runs until April 5th [March 25th + 11 days]