Why does August have 31 days? If breaks the pattern of months following 30 and 31 days. Among all the months available, why was August chosen to have 32 days?
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TLDR: because of ancient politics
The months were originally named Quintilis and Sextilis (literally 5th month and 6th month) while September was 7.. etc
July and August were renamed after Julius Caesar and Augustus Caesar as a kind of political stunt that has lasted 2000 years.
That would be like the Americans renaming June ‘Lincoln’ and July ‘Washington’ today (Julius Caeser ruled before Augustus, but if you were going to rename a month after Washington it would be fitting to be the one with independence day)
These two months were chosen because they were in the summer, because you wouldn’t want to name a winter month after George Washington would you?
These months were also both given 31 days to reflect their importance
February has the least number of days as a result, and in case you haven’t done the math yet the year used to end in February. Spring (March) was the start of the Roman year because that’s when the armies could March
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