On Sun, 27 Apr 2003, fer j. de vries wrote: > You wrote: > > I notice that Jean Meeus is also particular about referring to JD as > > Julian Day rather than Julian Date. > > In a note Jean Meeus writes in his book: > ------- > In many books we read 'Julian Date' instead of 'Julian Day'. > For us, a Julian date is a date in the Julian calendar, just as a Gregorian > date refers to the Gregorian calendar. > The JD has nothing to do with the Julian calendar. > ------- > > I also think it is better to use Julian Day. > > Best wishes, Fer.
We also see, at least among "mundane" - particularly accounting types - here in the US, the common use of Julian Day to mean serial day number in a calendar year. Dave 37.28N 121.97W -
