On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 5:41 PM, Ryosuke Niwa <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:36 AM, Andy Mabbett <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> On Mon, August 9, 2010 15:10, Daniel Glazman wrote: >> > Le 09/08/10 03:11, Kit Grose a écrit : >> > >> >> should the "year" field also permit the entry of BC/AD? >> > >> > Or a jewish year? Or a muslim year? Or counting since the >> > first tooth of Carolus Magnus or the last onomatopoeia >> > pronounced by Hannibal during his crossing of the Alps? > > All popular calendar systems should be supported. What is the reason we > restrict ourselves to Gregorian calendar?
The Gregorian calendar is the de facto official calendar of the world. Mixing in other calendars is a horrendous nightmare with nearly zero benefit. ~TJ
