Re: Number of days since 1/1/0001
Re: Number of days since 1/1/0001
- Subject: Re: Number of days since 1/1/0001
- From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 19:06:26 -0700
On 11/23/01 6:22 PM, Christopher Nebel <email@hidden> wrote:
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By 1582, the extra leap days had accumulated to the point that it was
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becoming obvious, so Pope Gregory (with some help) worked out the
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100/400 rule, changed the beginning of the year from March to January,
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and (this is the good bit) deleted ten days from the year. The day
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after October 4th 1582 was October 15th, at least in Catholic countries.
And the Protestant countries varied; the UK didn't accept it until 1752.
Russia, a Greek Orthodox nation didn't accept it until 1917.
--Michelle
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