On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:04:48 -0500, zMan wrote:
http://travelonthedollar.com/2011/06/28/samoa-will-lose-a-day-in-december/
Even things like billing a hotel stay that spans the change could be
interesting!
A lot of systems appear not to have got it right. About now, OS X,
a couple of Linux
In p06240803cb16cda5395b@[192.168.1.11], on 12/20/2011
at 06:47 PM, Robert A. Rosenberg hal9...@panix.com said:
(unless Gilbert goofed and counted the non-existent February 29,
1900).
A minor gaff if he did, since an error of 4 years would hot have
affected Frederick's plight. A more serious
At 02:56 -0500 on 12/21/2011, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote about
Re: Imagine dealing with THIS in production:
In p06240803cb16cda5395b@[192.168.1.11], on 12/20/2011
at 06:47 PM, Robert A. Rosenberg hal9...@panix.com said:
(unless Gilbert goofed and counted the non-existent February 29
In
f255efe0ecf08c4a9c1db6aff423541717de3...@ch2wpmail1.na.ds.ussco.com,
on 12/19/2011
at 01:47 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com said:
Why not specify the epoch origin as the Big Bang?
Because there are insurmountable theoretical difficulties in clock
synchronization and insurmountable
In 20111219091748.715752d5f...@urania.ugcs.caltech.edu, on
12/19/2011
at 01:17 AM, glen herrmannsfeldt g...@ugcs.caltech.edu said:
But if I understand it right, the date is computed from the value
in the interval timer, along with various offsets, only when it is
actually needed.
Do you
In
cajtoo5_sojvvt4dmwbn6pa6wb5gk92jq56vwuk4qez6viv0...@mail.gmail.com,
on 12/19/2011
at 02:03 PM, Mike Schwab mike.a.sch...@gmail.com said:
Actually, I think they are going to have to downgrade the Big Bang
(creating all matter and the Universe) to a Large Bang (creating
known matter withing
That is where the Modified Julian Date comes in by subtracting 1/2 day
os 0.000 is midnight and 0.500 is noon.
Swatch time http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatch_Internet_Time and
watchs are almost the same thing, but they are using Central Europe
time of UTC+1.
0100Z = @000
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at
At 20:38 -0600 on 12/16/2011, Chris Mason wrote about Re: Imagine
dealing with THIS in production:
Mike
Just think about all the people born on Feb 29th.
They would have their 15th birthdate when they are 60 years old.
Paradoxically a 29th February birthday can have happy consequences
At 22:44 -0600 on 12/18/2011, David Mierowsky wrote about Re: Imagine
dealing with THIS in production:
At least they didn't have to deal with this! Thankfully this was
sorted out long before computers were around!
The Changes of 1752
In accordance with a 1750 act of Parliament, England
On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Robert A. Rosenberg hal9...@panix.com wrote:
At 20:38 -0600 on 12/16/2011, Chris Mason wrote about Re: Imagine dealing
with THIS in production:
Paradoxically a 29th February birthday can have happy consequences - at
least in the fertile imagination of a writer
(snip, someone wrote)
The changeover involved a series of steps:
December 31, 1750 was followed by January 1, 1750 (under the
Old Style calendar, Dec ember was the 10th month and January the 11th)
March 24, 1750 was followed by March 25, 1751 (March 25 was the
first day of the Old
as a verb does not have the same meaning as lose, as
the context of the sentence seems to require
-jc-
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:20:54 -0600
From: jonathan.goos...@assurant.com
Subject: Re: Imagine dealing with THIS in production
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
And what about the pour
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of David Mierowsky
At least they didn't have to deal with this! Thankfully this was
sorted out long before computers were
around!
The Changes of 1752
In accordance with a 1750 act of Parliament, England and its
On Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:44:00 -0600, Chase, John wrote:
Perhaps the world's eventual conversion to Star Date (or similar) will
be less confusing and disruptive :-)
Ummm... NVFL. See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stardate
-- gil
On 12/19/2011 4:17 AM, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
But if I understand it right, the date is computed from the value in
the interval timer, along with various offsets, only when it is actually
needed. Nothing special actually happens at midnight on Dec. 31st.
Which is not how I remember it.
How about the Julian Day as used by astronomers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day
Julian day is used in the Julian date (JD) system of time measurement
for scientific use by the astronomy community, presenting the interval
of time in days and fractions of a day since January 1, 4713 BC
Mike Schwab's Wikipedia quote:
| Julian day is used in the Julian date (JD) system of time measurement
| for scientific use by the astronomy community, presenting the interval
| of time in days and fractions of a day since January 1, 4713 BC
| Greenwich noon. Julian date is recommended for
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mike Schwab
How about the Julian Day as used by astronomers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day
Julian day is used in the Julian date (JD) system of time measurement
for scientific use by the
astronomy
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote:
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mike Schwab
How about the Julian Day as used by astronomers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day
Julian day is used in the Julian date (JD)
Subject: Re: Imagine dealing with THIS in production
-Original Message-
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Mike Schwab
How about the Julian Day as used by astronomers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day
Julian day is used in the Julian date (JD) system of time
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote:
What's magic about -4713/01/01? Why not specify the epoch origin as
the Big Bang? What would today's Big Bang day number be?
http://www.hebcal.com/
Mon, 19 December 2011 - 23rd of Kislev, 5772
5772 years ago would be
On 12/19/2011 11:53 AM, Mike Schwab wrote:
How about the Julian Day as used by astronomers?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julian_day
Julian day is used in the Julian date (JD) system of time measurement
for scientific use by the astronomy community, presenting the interval
of time in days and
At least they didn't have to deal with this! Thankfully this was sorted out
long before computers were around!
The Changes of 1752
In accordance with a 1750 act of Parliament, England and its colonies changed
calendars in 1752. By that time, the discrepancy between a solar year and the
Julian
: zMan zedgarhoo...@gmail.com
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Date: 12/15/2011 03:30 PM
Subject: Imagine dealing with THIS in production
Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
http://travelonthedollar.com/2011/06/28/samoa-will-lose-a-day-in-december/
Even things like billing
Woodwinds
Toastmasters
IBM Mainframe Discussion ListIBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu wrote on 12/15/2011
03:04:48 PM:
From: zManzedgarhoo...@gmail.com
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
Date: 12/15/2011 03:30 PM
Subject: Imagine dealing with THIS in production
Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion ListIBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
pour people? - what, you mean like bartenders?
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 13:20:54 -0600
From: jonathan.goos...@assurant.com
Subject: Re: Imagine dealing with THIS in production
To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu
And what about the pour people who will loose a birthday?
Thank you and have
At least they only loose 1 birthday a lifetime. Just think about all
the people born on Feb 29th.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Jonathan Goossen
jonathan.goos...@assurant.com wrote:
And what about the pour people who will loose a birthday?
Thank you and have a Terrific day!
Jonathan
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:57:14 -0600, Mike Schwab wrote:
At least they only loose 1 birthday a lifetime. Just think about all
the people born on Feb 29th.
The 60th day of the year? What's the big deal with that?
--
Tom Marchant
They would have their 15th birthdate when they are 60 years old.
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:49 PM, Tom Marchant m42tom-ibmm...@yahoo.com wrote:
On Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:57:14 -0600, Mike Schwab wrote:
At least they only loose 1 birthday a lifetime. Just think about all
the people born on Feb
Mike
Just think about all the people born on Feb 29th.
They would have their 15th birthdate when they are 60 years old.
Paradoxically a 29th February birthday can have happy consequences - at least
in the fertile imagination of a writer of libretti for comic opera such as
William Schwenck
http://travelonthedollar.com/2011/06/28/samoa-will-lose-a-day-in-december/
Even things like billing a hotel stay that spans the change could be
interesting!
--
zMan -- I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it
--
For
On Thu, 15 Dec 2011 16:04:48 -0500, zMan wrote:
http://travelonthedollar.com/2011/06/28/samoa-will-lose-a-day-in-december/
Even things like billing a hotel stay that spans the change could be
interesting!
And, if they think of it, this will be their last chance to switch the TOD on
their
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