On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> All these problems might just be due to the Y 1582 glitch. As Y2K and the
> millenium bug were rapidly approaching, all the geeks were frantically
> trying to come up with all the fixes and patches in order to meet the
> deadline. In their haste, they comitted a serious oversight by neglecting
> to apply a correction for the Y 1582 glitch. As a result, your computer
> didn't know we were having days like these. Your momma always said there
> would be days like these. So instead of paying so much attention to your
> computer, you should heed the words of your dear momma.
>
> October 1582
> S M Tu W Th F S
> 1 2 3 4 15 16
> 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
> 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
> 31
>
> The calendar above is ordered according to pure bull, by official edict of
> Pope Gregory XIII.
When I try "cal 10 1582" on my Linux the result is
October 1582
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31
So if (for example) 31 Oct 1582 was Monday - is there a bug with this
program (cal), and maybe with any other program like it ?
Hristo
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