Prophetic Year have been taken by many as talking about equal periods of time. Prophetic Months Other interpretations, (reference 4) have taken instead, prophetic months as equal to an average of 30.44 years based on 365.2422 divided by 12. Prophetic Year In Biblical eschatology a Prophetic Year or Prophetical Year is sometimes regarded as being different from an ordinary year, namely The names Apocalyptic Year and Apocalyptical Year have also been used in some literature, in obvious reference to Revelation, also known as "The Apocalypse of St. John". The fact that the prophets understood a year as 360 days is well attested,
Renaming of Turkmen months and days of week, 2002 Renaming of Turkmen months and days of week, 2002 On August 10, 2002, the government of Turkmenistan adopted a law to rename all the months and most of the days of week. The names were chosen according to Turkmen national symbols, as described in the "Ruhnama", a book written by Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmenistan's first and only President for Life. According to Arto Halonen's documentary film "The Shadow of the Holy Book", Turkish businessman Ahmet Çalık came up with the idea to rename the months, as he was trying to befriend Niyazov in order to expand his business in the country.