Re: Programming a calendar system
| From: | Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, April 30, 2004, 1:02 |
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On Thu, Apr 29, 2004 at 07:09:17PM -0400, Roger Mills wrote:
> > My birthday is August 26, 1986. For me, 1986-1000=986 ... sh**, it
> > should have been -2000 years to get -986! Sorry!
> Apologies for the nitpick, but that's the sort of Math. error that bedevils
> me....2000 years before 1986 is -14, no? -986 would be 986+1986 = 2972 yrs
> prior. Unless, of course, _I'm_ mistaken......
Argh, argh, argh. You are of course correct. Preceding message results
incorrect if you want to base it on -14 (= 15 BC),
although the technique is still valid. Will recompute.
-Mark
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