Try this out:
At command prompt of any UNIX ($), (of course on Linux,Solaris as well)
type: cal 9 1752
Surprised????
See the explanation for what you see.
see below:
September 1752
$ cal 9 1752
September 1752
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Isn't the output queer? A month with whole eleven days less?
This was the time England shifted from Roman Julian Calendar to
the
Gregorian Calendar, and the king of England ordered those 11 days
to
be
wiped off the face of the month of September of 1752.
(What couldn't a King do in those days?!)
And yes, the workers worked for 11 days less, but got paid for the
entire 30 days. And that's how "Paid Leave" was born. (Bless those
people).
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Analabha Roy Graduate Student
Department Of Physics, University of Texas, 1 University Station C1600,
Austin, Texas 78712-0264, United States emails:
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