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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Mierowsky
>
> At least they didn't have to deal with this! Thankfully this was
sorted out long before computers were
> around!
>
> The Changes of 1752
> In accordance with a 1750 act of Parliament, England and its colonies
changed calendars in 1752. By
> that time, the discrepancy between a solar year and the Julian
Calendar had grown by an additional
> day, so that the calendar used in England and its colonies was 11 days
out-of-sync with the Gregorian
> Calendar in use in most other parts of Europe.
>
> England's calendar change included three major components. The Julian
Calendar was replaced by the
> Gregorian Calendar, changing the formula for calculating leap years.
The beginning of the legal new
> year was moved from March 25 to January 1. Finally, 11 days were
dropped from the month of September
> 1752.
>
> The changeover involved a series of steps:
> *December 31, 1750 was followed by January 1, 1750 (under the "Old
Style" calendar, December was the
> 10th month and January the 11th) *March 24, 1750 was followed by March
25, 1751 (March 25 was the
> first day of the "Old Style" year) *December 31, 1751 was followed by
January 1, 1752 (the switch from
> March 25 to January 1 as the first day of the year) *September 2, 1752
was followed by September 14,
> 1752 (drop of 11 days to conform to the Gregorian calendar)
Perhaps the world's eventual conversion to "Star Date" (or similar) will
be less confusing and disruptive.... :-)
-jc-
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