> I don't know what you mean by 'RD values'. Rata Die
> That's my interpretation of what the calendar FAQ writes about Mayan > calendars. I'm not an expert on Mayan calendars, about all I know > of it, I got from the calendar FAQ. Unfortunately the CC book doesn't cover this at all. I might try to contact the authors for some clarification. > It's good to realize that all three Mayan calendars (does > DateTime::Calendar::Maya cover all three?) are, unlike the Gregorian It will include all three shortly. I just wanted to get some early feed back. > calendar, cyclic. Also, while the long count (that's the Mayan calendar > being discussed, the others are the Haab and the Tzolkin) cycles after 13 > baktuns, the Mayans had larger units. 20 baktuns make a pictun, 20 pictuns > make a calabtun, 20 calabtuns make a kinchiltun, and 20 of those make > a alautun. One alautun is 23040000000 days, or more than 63 million years. Theres a little note in the POD that says these larger units maybe supported in the future. I'm considering addition and subtract of the larger units. Mostly for fun as I don't think it would be very useful. Cheers, -J --
