Dave Rolsky schreef: > 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?
I'm not Eastern Orthodox, but as far as I know (i) they call themselves Christians, and (ii) they first used the Julian calendar, and then switched to Gregorian. So it's the same situation as the Western branch of christianity. There are some differences, of course, but they don't affect the naming of my module: - They switched much later (often early 20th century) than the Roman catholics (late 16th c.) and the protestants (typically 18th c.). - In mediaeval times, they counted from a different year 1 (so their calendar was not Christian, and my module doesn't try to handle this). - The calculation of the date of Easter is different. and most importantly (in theory, not in practice): - the Greek orthodox church officially uses a so called "revised Julian" calendar, instead of the Gregorian one. However, these calendars are equivalent until the year 2400, and it is unclear if they won't (silently) switch to Gregorian before that. Eugene
