Tom it goes back even farther. Try Julius Caesar in 47 BC.
All Gregory did was alter the way the leap years were applied in century years.
But to be honest the calendar has been fiddled with almost as long as
there has been time.
Stewart
At 11:58 AM 1/1/2009, you wrote:
Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 sponsored a method of time keeping that caused
the year 2008 to have 366 days. "It's those damned Catholics" Balmer
exclaims!
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE5001LD20090101
424 years later MS is still playing catchup. Will a patch be ready for
2012?
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