On 17/03/2009 1:00 AM, MikeW wrote: > Timothy A. Sawyer <tsaw...@...> writes: > [snip]
>> For date calculations, SQLite prefers real values containing >> number of days since noon in Greenwich on November 24, 4714 >> B.C., using the Proleptic Gregorian calendar: > SNIP > > "noon in Greenwich on November 24, 4714 BC" - > presumably that's the beginning of time for Creationists ... > You presume incorrectly; it's the start of Scaliger's 7980-year "Julian" astronomical cycle. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day#History) You are possibly thinking of Archbishop Ussher's creation estimate of 23 October 4004 BC. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dating_Creation). Cheers, John _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
