Re: There _is_ a (Gregorian) year 0

2003-02-16 Thread Peter J. Acklam
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Rolsky) wrote: > My only point was that according to Calendrical Calculations, the > Gregorian calendar, when extended backwards before 1582 [...] This is known as the proleptic (sometimes spelt "prolaptic") Gregorian calendar. Ditto with the Julian calendar. Peter --

ANNOUNCE: DateTime::Format::ICal 0.02

2003-02-16 Thread Dave Rolsky
Basically this is just doc changes to show it being used via class methods, not as an object. Note that CPAN is currently not propogating mirrors, so this won't be visible til that problem is fixed. -dave /*=== House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com ===

ANNOUNCE: DateTime.pm 0.06 and DateTime::TimeZone

2003-02-16 Thread Dave Rolsky
Changes for DateTime.pm: 0.06 2003-02-16 - The docs said that there was no year 0 in the Gregorian calendar, but that was wrong. The year() method can now return 0. The year_0() method has been removed. - Added jd() and mjd() methods. - Re-implemented some of the core code in XS for speed

Re: There _is_ a (Gregorian) year 0

2003-02-16 Thread Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
On Fri, 14 Feb 2003 19:48:58 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >But this leads to this question: should DateTime use the Gregorian >calendar before 1754 as it does now, or the Julian date? I can think of >arguments for both. Gregorian, please. >If the first, I would like to see (and if necessary, w