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| From | docdwarf@panix.com () |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.software.year-2000 |
| Subject | Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! |
| Date | 2012-03-15 01:07 +0000 |
| Organization | Public Access Networks Corp. |
| Message-ID | <jjrfcp$njt$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <jj0oo5$8r6$1@news.albasani.net> <jjlj80$ddq$1@news.albasani.net> <jjm846$di1$1@reader1.panix.com> <Nhv8BBNn2QYPFwEN@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid> |
In article <Nhv8BBNn2QYPFwEN@invalid.uk.co.demon.merlyn.invalid>, Dr J R Stockton <reply1211@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> wrote: >In comp.software.year-2000 message <jjm846$di1$1@reader1.panix.com>, >Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:32:54, docdwarf@panix.com posted: [snip] >>'How long are six months?', I asked. >> >>'What are you talking about? All ya gotta do is convert the month to a >>number and add six', he sneered. >> >>'That might work for January through June... but what's six months from >>August?', I replied. > > >Those might work for you; but over here March has 31 days and September >only 30; likewise May & November (and Oct-Apr). Were one to have the patience to read the entire posting before responding one might, possibly, have seen the possibility of unequal month-length addressed. > >It's (doubly, I think) worse in Israel. I believe the calendar used in Israel is a variation of the Babylonian one, down to the name of the intercalary month inserted seven times every nineteen years. My beliefs, of course, have changed over the years due to something called 'learning the facts of the matter'. DD
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Microsoft - leap day Fail! Steve Dover <sw0rdf1sh@att.net> - 2012-03-04 15:57 -0600
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! docdwarf@panix.com () - 2012-03-04 22:14 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! Steve Dover <sw0rdf1sh@att.net> - 2012-03-12 14:33 -0500
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! docdwarf@panix.com () - 2012-03-13 01:32 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! Dr J R Stockton <reply1211@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-03-14 21:29 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! docdwarf@panix.com () - 2012-03-15 01:07 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! Dr J R Stockton <reply1211@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-03-16 20:15 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! docdwarf@panix.com () - 2012-03-17 00:44 +0000
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