"info" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The manual states that the function julianday returns the number of days
> since noon in Greenwich on November 24, 4714 B.C. That would imply that the
> statement:
>
> Select julianday('-4714-11-24 12:00:00');
>
> Should return 0.0. But it doesn't, it returns -365.0
>
> Does this mean, that the manual should say "since noon in Greenwich on
> November 24, 4713 B.C.? Or am I missing something?
>
The year -4713 and 4714 b.c. are the same year. When using
historical notation (eg: "b.c.") you skip the zero year and go
straight from 1 a.d. to 1 b.c. When using astronomical notation
(eg: -4713) there is a 0 year, which corresponds to 1 b.c.
--
D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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