On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Eugene van der Pijll wrote: > I prefer to call this calendar "Christian", not "catholic". It's also > used in protestant countries like the US, the UK, and Northern Europe. > > Of course, nowadays it isn't bound to the Christian religion, so we > would perhaps need a non-religious name. I suggest naming it for the > starting date, which was the alleged birth date of Jesus Christ. Let's > call it "Christian" after him. > > (Other suggestions are welcome, of course. (But not, please, > DateTime::Calendar::CommonEra. Which is too modern and too flavourless > IMO.)
I see. As long as its not fixed to 1582 I think calling it Christian is fine, since it reflects the changes introduced into the calendar by various Christian churches at various times. Although then I think of Eastern Orthodox and wonder what their take on this would be. Any Eastern Orthodox folk on the list want to speak up? -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
