On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 5:09 PM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote: <deleted > I was more thinking of 1582. Wikipedia (which is always right > except when it disagrees with you) says: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proleptic_Gregorian_calendar > > The proleptic Gregorian calendar is produced by extending > the Gregorian calendar backward to dates preceding its > official introduction in 1582. > <deleted> > -- gil
The Julian Calendar was still in use in Greece at the time of the 1896 Olympics, and the 12 day discrepancy caused problems with visas and passports. The Orthodox churches (Greek, Russian, etc) still use the Julian calendar for holidays so their Christmas falls 13 days later than the Gregorian Christmas. http://www.tondering.dk/claus/cal/node3.html#SECTION00324000000000000000 -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
