Artificial Calendars
Artificial calendars may also have 30 days in February. For example, in a climate model the statistics may be simplified by having 12 months of 30 days. The Hadley Centre General Circulation Model is an example.
In J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Hobbits have developed the Shire Reckoning. According to Appendix D to The Lord of the Rings written by Tolkien, this calendar has arranged the year neatly in 12 months of 30 days each. The month the Hobbits call "Solmath", is rendered in the text as "February", and therefore the date February 30 exists in the narrative.
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