[REBOL] epoch? Re:(7)

1999-10-28 Thread petr . krenzelok
Hi Jim, ->> t: now ->> t/julian == 302 ->> now/julian ** Script Error: now has no refinement called julian. ** Where: now/julian What's the difference in assigning t: now, printing t/julian, and direct call of now/julian? So why can't /julian become refinement of 'now? -pekr- [EMAIL PROTECTE

[REBOL] epoch? Re:(7)

1999-10-29 Thread rryost
That appears to be a Julian day referenced to the start of the year. My understanding of a Julian day number is that it is the number of days since the start of the current Julian period, which started noon Jan 1 4713 BC. Noon of Dec 31 1998 was the beginning of JD 2,451,179. There is an algori