Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 7 Dec 1998 16:13:28 -0500 (EST) | From | "J. S. Connell" <> | Subject | [OFFTOPIC] Re: Y2k compliance |
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On Mon, 7 Dec 1998, Alex Buell wrote:
> ObUselessPost: Did you know Ethiopia are still using the old calendar? > They are 6-7 years behind the rest of the world. Right now it's 1991-1992 > there. Do the Time Warp! It would be distinctly nice to experience 1992 > all over again (fond memories then of a woman) ... ok I'll shut up and > crawl back under my rock..
Ethopia actually has two calendars, neither of which are either Julian *or* Gregorian. I believe one is religious, and the other is secular with a Gregorian-type correction, but it's been a while since I've read about 'em, so I could be waay off.
> ObUselessLinuxPost: cal correctly displays the calendar for 1752! This > worries me a bit here, because the calendars for different countries > varies because of the adoption of the Gregor dating systems at different > times. Rome adopted it straightaway in 1582, but Britain didn't get it > until 1752. Does cal correctly prints the appropriate calendar depending > on the country? I wonder what the calendar looks like for Eithopia?
cal AFAIK doesn't pay any attention to where you are, it assumes you're in the US. ObUselessTrivia: it has done this since the very first version of cal, according to Dennis Ritchie's homepage.
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