Ian Batten said: >> The calendar-change legislation took care of that by moving the end >> date of the tax year from the traditional quarter-day of March 25th >> to April 6th. > March 25 is, of course, Lady Day.
More to the point, it was also New Year's Day in England until 31st December 1751 (which is why 1751, not 1752, was the shortest year). -- Clive D.W. Feather | If you lie to the compiler, Email: cl...@davros.org | it will get its revenge. Web: http://www.davros.org | - Henry Spencer Mobile: +44 7973 377646 _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
