On Thu, 28 Dec 2006, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > We've accepted a statistical solution for the leap-day problem now for > about 500 years.
The Julian calendar reform was in 46 BC. Astronomers still count Julian years (365.25 days instead of exact years) when dealing with long MJD intervals. Tony. -- f.a.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND: SOUTHERLY 7 OR GALE 8, OCCASIONALLY SEVERE GALE 9. ROUGH OR VERY ROUGH. RAIN THEN SQUALLY SHOWERS. MODERATE, OCCASIONALLY POOR.