I very much support this proposal. Equating `gregorian` with `mixed gregorian/julian` has always been a CF oddity to my mind. And I agree with Jonathan and KarI that existing datasets should not be invalidated. Jonathan asks the question whether we need a `strict_gregorian` calendar as replacement; the only though not very strong use case I can think of right now is to clearly show that the "old `gregorian`" is indeed deprecated. For all practical purposes the `proleptic-gregorian` calendar can be used instead of a `strict_gregorian`.
This might be a separate issue, but I raise here for reference: If `gregorian` is deprecated we should review how the `365_day` and `366_day` calendars are described in [Section 4.4.1](https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://cfconventions.org/Data/cf-conventions/cf-conventions-1.8/cf-conventions.html*calendar__;Iw!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!ib1vsvS76xM7owzrpL0XJPNH7QXhJFp9222Hi8F9zGPFJ9kiiELM-kH33cKBbTD62jfdJ9qYM5I$ ). What does it mean that a calendar is "Gregorian calendar without leap years" and "Gregorian calendar with every year being a leap year", presumably the system of varying month lengths? -- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://github.com/cf-convention/cf-conventions/issues/319*issuecomment-813937985__;Iw!!G2kpM7uM-TzIFchu!ib1vsvS76xM7owzrpL0XJPNH7QXhJFp9222Hi8F9zGPFJ9kiiELM-kH33cKBbTD62jfdgfTrr8s$ This list forwards relevant notifications from Github. It is distinct from [email protected], although if you do nothing, a subscription to the UCAR list will result in a subscription to this list. To unsubscribe from this list only, send a message to [email protected].
