Erik Reuter wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:40:23AM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: >> On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:49:19AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: >> >>> Just noticed that the cal command line command and iCal (the GUI >>> calendar program on Mac OS X) start to disagree around the 1752 >>> Gregorian Reformation :) Going backwards that is. Oops... >> >> I think that iCal is probably not switching between Julian and Gregorian >> on the right date. >> >> man cal gives this option on my Linux box: >> >> -s country_code >> Assume the switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar at the date >> associated with the country_code. If not specified, ncal tries >> to guess the switch date from the local environment or falls >> back to September 2, 1752. This was when Great Britain and her >> colonies switched to the Gregorian Calendar. > > Didn't notice the -p option the first time. Here are ncal's assumed > switching dates on the ncal version on my Linux box:
> AU Australia 1752-09-02 This must have caused considerable consternation and confusion. Who consulted the Australians living there at the time? Regards, Ray. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
