I am writing to present an extraordinary temporal convergence, born from an intuition thirty years ago and more relevant today than ever.
The Genesis: Internet and the Need for a New Time
When the Internet became accessible to everyone, I perceived that the world had radically changed. The conventional calendar, with its ancient roots and inconsistencies, was no longer adequate to represent this new global, interconnected, spatial era.
Thus was born The Earth Calendar (TEC): a temporal system that I have used daily ever since, having set aside the old calendar—though TEC coexists perfectly with it—with notable practical and philosophical benefits.
The Surprising Discovery: TEC and Epoch Time
A few years ago, I realized an extraordinary synchrony: The Earth Calendar is in perfect harmony with Epoch Time (Unix time).
Epoch Time defines 1970 as year 1 (the "zero second" of computing)
The Earth Calendar declares 1969 as year 0 (first Moon landing + birth of the Internet)
In practice, the reckoning of time coincides! Without any planning, two independent systems—one humanistic-philosophical, the other computational-technological—have identified the same epochal turning point.
The Crucial Difference
While Epoch Time is comprehensible only to machines (counting seconds that are meaningless to us humans), The Earth Calendar is perfectly usable by human beings, just like the old calendar. Moreover, compared to Epoch Time, it has many distinctive features:
Renewed week with names inspired by elements and soul powers
Seven-year cycles (Septennia) that replicate weekly rhythms on a long scale
Celebrations of dates of global value and anniversaries of the events that launched the New Era
Daily human powers for personal development
The Platform Now Available
In addition to the original site (active for almost thirty years), I present today an integrated new platform:
https://tec-date.earthcal.hyperlinker.org (date conversion)
https://septennium.earthcal.hyperlinker.org (7-year calculations)
https://powers.earthcal.hyperlinker.org (daily human powers)
Why It Is Relevant Today
In an era of:
Global digital transition
Planetary environmental crisis
Search for universal meanings
Overlap between physical and digital
The Earth Calendar offers:
A bridge between technology and humanism
A truly global temporal system
Tools for conscious personal development
An integrated vision of our place in the cosmos
Materials Available
Complete website with a book containing philosophical explanations and an example almanac
Documented APIs for software integrations
Historical resources on the thirty-year development
Practical examples of daily use
For Contacts and Further Information
HyperLinker, aka Danilo D'Antonio
Email: dda@hyperlinker.org
Documentation: Available on the individual API endpoints
To the Editorial Staff,
I am writing to present an extraordinary temporal convergence, born from an intuition thirty years ago and more relevant today than ever.
The Genesis: Internet and the Need for a New Time
When the Internet became accessible to everyone, I perceived that the world had radically changed. The conventional calendar, with its ancient roots and inconsistencies, was no longer adequate to represent this new global, interconnected, spatial era.
Thus was born The Earth Calendar (TEC): a temporal system that I have used daily ever since, having set aside the old calendar—though TEC coexists perfectly with it—with notable practical and philosophical benefits.
The Surprising Discovery: TEC and Epoch Time
A few years ago, I realized an extraordinary synchrony: The Earth Calendar is in perfect harmony with Epoch Time (Unix time).
In practice, the reckoning of time coincides! Without any planning, two independent systems—one humanistic-philosophical, the other computational-technological—have identified the same epochal turning point.The Crucial Difference
While Epoch Time is comprehensible only to machines (counting seconds that are meaningless to us humans), The Earth Calendar is perfectly usable by human beings, just like the old calendar. Moreover, compared to Epoch Time, it has many distinctive features:
The Platform Now AvailableIn addition to the original site (active for almost thirty years), I present today an integrated new platform:
Main site: https://earthcal.hyperlinker.org Side-by-side visualization: TEC and Epoch Time in sync: https://epoch.hyperlinker.org Complete APIs for developers and integrations:
Why It Is Relevant TodayIn an era of:
The Earth Calendar offers: Materials Available For Contacts and Further InformationHyperLinker, aka Danilo D'Antonio Email: dda@hyperlinker.org Documentation: Available on the individual API endpoints