Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2001 10:10:55 -0800 (PST) From: Almus <almus@dis.org> To: Tyler K McGeorge <treznor@sunflower.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: September 1752 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0103081010030.37272-100000@kizmiaz.dis.org> In-Reply-To: <000501c0a7fa$990247e0$103b7c18@palisor.yi.org>
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In 1752 Britain and the American colonies switched from the old Julian calendar to the new Gregorian calendar. The Julian calendar did not adequately account for leap years, so by the 18th century the calendar was 11 days out of synch with the actual seasons. To bring the calendar back into alignment, September 2nd was immediately followed by September 14th, removing 11 days... -Almus -- e-mail: almus@dis.org -- Web: http://www.satindeath.net "Just fear me, Love me, Do as I say.. and I will be your slave." -Jareth -- Send private encrypted e-mail - Freedom 1.1 www.zks.net/clickthrough/click.asp?partner_id=111 On Thu, 8 Mar 2001, Tyler K McGeorge wrote: > Has anybody else ever typed: > > $ cal 9 1752 > > What is up with September 1752? I am very confused by that. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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