-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Dave Rolsky wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Rich Bowen wrote: > > > On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Dave Rolsky wrote: > > > > > from/to_julian (or rata_die, I think), definitely, since without that it's > > > not interoperable with anything else. > > > > The more I read Calendrical Calculations, the more I like the rata_die > > concept, rather than the julian day concept. They are, of course, the > > same sort of thing, with an offset, but rata_die has the advantage of > > being what is used in many of the existing algorithms. > > It seems like converting between rata die and jd/mjd should be incredibly > trivial, since it's just a simple add or subtract of a fixed number, > right? That's correct. $rata_die + $bignumber = $julian. - -- Who can say where the road goes Where the day flows Only time --Pilgrim (Enya - A Day Without Rain) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.75-6 iD8DBQE+IxhMXP03+sx4yJMRAknmAJ9QvRqO47xxRDMclEEttHXQx7IpRQCeMKvN jx/Ro9iRUq4yhlzWB/QfYJk= =TaQy -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
