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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Jake Jarvis wrote:
>> (I'd lean towards yes, it can be decided, but I don't "see" it)
> 
> The "magic" happens in the MakeDay(year, month, date) algorithm called e.
> g. in step 3 of the Date.prototype.setDate(date) algorithm of ECMAScript
> Edition 5.1.  It is actually much clearer specified there as I remember it
                                                            ^^
> from ES 3, which is seldom the case with ES 5.x.

_than_  (false friends)

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