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Joachim:

You may want to try posting in the multi-lingual-apps section for a
broader exposure.  If a fixed calendar (semi-lunar from what you
describe) is good enough, it should be writible.  The real question
then becomes "has anyone done it yet?"

-Rich

Joachim Schneider wrote:
> 
> Hello Michael,
> thanks for your answer. I intend, you are partly right. As far as I know, it
> is distinguished between a civilian use and a religious use. For civilian
> use, you can take a fix lunar calendar with 354 days and 12 months
> alternating beetween 30 and 29 days. Because there is software on the market
> to translate Gregorian dates to dates in the Islamic Calendar, it should be
> possible to write an accurate calendar object if you know the necessary
> mathematic rules.
> 
> Michael A. Long schrieb in Nachricht <7069tp$pv92@forums.borland.com>...
> >I read this somewhere so don't hold me accountable if it is wrong.  I
> understand that the problem with an Islamic calander is that
> >the dates in it are not set in stone as they are in the Gregorian calander
> (we always know when the leap day is; we have a formula
> >for all the holidays and such).  In the Islamic calander certain dates
> begin when the first person in Islam sees the sun on certain
> >days?  If this is the case, and I really am not sure about it, then it
> would be almost impossible to write an accurate calander
> >object.
> >
> >
> >Joachim Schneider wrote in message <704kb7$mt012@forums.borland.com>...
> >>In my application I need a Calendar object representing the islamic
> calendar
> >>(or Hijri calendar). The JDK provides only one concrete
> >>subclass of Calendar: the GregorianCalendar.
> >>Has anyone the same problem or a resolution for it.
> >>
> >>Thanks for your help
> >>
> >>Joachim Schneider
> >>
> >>schneider@aes-ag.com
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >

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