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Fun With Dates -- Need Help

From Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks>
Subject Fun With Dates -- Need Help
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.advocacy
Message-Id <pan$ae31c$a0423eb$fc913e9b$4ddce2e0@linux.rocks>
Date 2025-01-17 20:54 +0000
Organization UsenetExpress - www.usenetexpress.com

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Greetings GNU/Linux knowledgeable enthusiasts.  Please help me
out on this one.

The ancient Julian calendar transitioned into the modern Gregorian
calendar on Thursday, October 4, 1582.

But, the next day jumped to Friday, October 15, 1582 (I'll allow
you to pursue the historical details).

Let's allow GNU/Linux to explore this transition.

cal --reform gregorian oct 1582

     October 1582    
Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
                1  2
 3  4  5  6  7  8  9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

This shows Oct 4 to be a Monday and there in no jump.

It's the same with the "date" command:

[~]# date -u -d "now -161543 days"
Mon Oct  4 08:41:04 PM UTC 1582

[~]# date -u -d "now -161542 days"
Tue Oct  5 08:44:43 PM UTC 1582


However, if I use LibreOffice Calc:

Entering -115859 into a date formatted cell gives:

Thursday, October 4, 1582

Entering -115858 gives:

Friday, October 15, 1582

We see the jump and correct day with LO but not with the
GNU/Linux date/cal commands.  What is the problem?  What
am I doing wrong?

I will continue to investigate because I know that none of
you lackeys know what the fuck is going on.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

Warning: don't try this with Microslop Exhell cause it will
blow up in you face.

Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!



-- 
Systemd: solving all the problems that you never knew you had.

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Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-17 20:54 +0000
  Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-18 12:24 +0000
    Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-18 14:00 +0000
      Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-18 15:12 +0000
        Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-18 15:14 -0600
          Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-18 22:21 +0000
            Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> - 2025-01-18 17:40 -0500
            Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-18 17:18 -0600
      Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Diego Garcia <dg@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-18 15:26 +0000
        Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-18 22:53 +0000
          Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-19 15:35 +0000
          Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-19 15:58 +0000
            Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-24 19:40 +0000
              Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-24 15:36 -0500
              Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-24 22:27 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-24 22:55 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-24 23:35 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-25 10:43 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-25 11:24 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-25 14:06 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> - 2025-01-25 14:49 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2025-02-07 19:00 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-25 14:33 -0600
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-26 11:21 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-01-26 06:54 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-24 18:23 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-25 01:00 +0000
          Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-19 17:36 +0000
            Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-20 14:03 -0600
              Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-20 21:05 +0000
            Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-24 20:16 +0000
              Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-24 16:07 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-24 22:19 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-24 17:54 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-25 01:09 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-25 10:23 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-25 06:08 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> - 2025-01-25 16:51 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-25 09:07 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-25 09:16 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-25 09:47 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-25 10:28 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-26 11:01 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> - 2025-01-27 08:34 -0500
              Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-24 22:37 +0000
              Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2025-01-25 01:04 +0000
              Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-01-25 02:14 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-25 11:05 +0000
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help DFS <guhnoo-basher@linux.advocaca> - 2025-01-28 22:30 -0500
                Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-02-01 10:19 +0000
              Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-25 11:06 +0000
      Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> - 2025-01-18 15:40 +0000
        Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Stéphane CARPENTIER <sc@fiat-linux.fr> - 2025-01-18 23:12 +0000
      Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Farley Flud <fflud@gnu.rocks> - 2025-01-18 16:45 +0000
        Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-18 15:28 -0600
    Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2025-01-18 14:39 -0600

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