Re: bug in cal(1)

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From: Bob Devine
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1987 01:36

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>  "Bug" with cal(1) giving calendar info for year 87 instead of 1987.

In article <11624@sun.uucp>, guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris) writes:
> Is that not the correct calendar for January in the year 87 A.D.?  What
> should the calendar for that year be?

  It depends.  There is historical evidence showing that the Celtic
calendar had 8-day weeks.  That is despite what 'cal' says about the
output only being good for the UK and its colonies, if you go back that
far in history dates get hard to deal with.  The Emporor Constantine created
the 7-day week by fiat in about the 4th century AD (if I remember right).

Bob Devine

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From: devine@vianet.UUCP (Bob Devine)
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Subject: Re: bug in cal(1)
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Date: Mon, 19-Jan-87 20:36:38 EST
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Summary: arcane calendars

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