On a Calendrical theme

[doomage]

Calendar Reform in England, 1752

So, prior to 1752, March 24th 1700 was followed by March 25th 1701.

Good times for contractors in 1700. Good times for thee indeed.

[d000hg]

I ain't got a clue. But I do know that insulting posters is not allowed there. Whereas in general it is complusary.

Whatever it's about, they take it very seriously.

[Sysman]

Calendar Reform in England, 1752

So, prior to 1752, March 24th 1700 was followed by March 25th 1701.

How very odd.

I never knew that.

Knew about the 11 stolen days that made April 6th more significant than March 25th.

So some chappie (as an example in the site above) was in gaol in January 1642 for an offence committed in October 1642.

How unutterably peculiar.

I've often wondered how the tax year ended up with the 5th/6th April thing. Now I know.

Weird. Coincidentally some chap I looked up on Wiki yesterday had a birth date as 1929/30, but I assumed that was just because they had lost the records.

A bit more on the 11 stolen days and how it affected the Catholic or Protestant areas, with Greece finally catching up in 1923:

The Gregorian calendar

Also, don't miss the famous Software Problem Report (SPR) response to a question about 2000 being a leap year:

PROBLEM: The LIB$DAY Run-Time Library service "incorrectly" assumes the year 2000 is a leap year.