Re: [discuss] dates [OT] Easter

2006-10-25 Thread Michael Adams
On Tue, 24 Oct 2006 23:39:49 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Other than miscalculating the date of Easter, it works correctly with both the standard Julian Calender, and standard Gregorian Calender. [I'd file an issue here, but it gets into theology, and the feast of the Apostles.

RE: [discuss] dates [OT] Easter

2006-10-25 Thread Tomas Lanczos
From: Michael Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] snip [del] -- Michael Those that can, do; those that can't, teach. ... and those that can't teach are the managers :-) sorry for that :-))) Have a nice day Tomas -

Re: [discuss] dates [OT] Easter

2006-10-25 Thread Jonathon Blake
Michael wrote: What feast of the apostles? Easter is pagan based. It is the first Sunday following the full moon, following the autumn equinox. If OO.o can calculate full moons, please tell me how. Answered on social, since it is completely off topic for this list. xan jonathon -- Ethical

Re: [discuss] dates [OT] Easter

2006-10-25 Thread Lars D . Noodén
Calculating holidays (e.g. Easter, Passover, Ramadan, J-dagen) would be a useful function to have in Calc. Maybe CPAN's Date::calc could be used as a base and when the function eastersunday() is fixed, there can be others. -Lars Lars Noodén ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) OpenOffice.org: Now

Re: [discuss] dates [OT] Easter

2006-10-25 Thread Jonathon Blake
Lars wrote: Calculating holidays (e.g. Easter, Passover, Ramadan, J-dagen) would be a useful function to have in Calc. Maybe CPAN's Date::calc could be used as OOo 1.1.5 can calculate Easter correctly for the Gegorian Calender using the rule set of the Anglican Church. That formula is