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Re: Long Term almanac
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2004 Mar 31, 12:30 -0500
From: Herbert Prinz
Date: 2004 Mar 31, 12:30 -0500
Steven, I don't think the tables can work beyond 2099, because the Julian leap year algorithm breaks down afterwards. Of course, it's just good luck that the tables are usable across the latest change of century. Herbert Prinz Steven Wepster wrote: > I also noticed that the D column in the multiplication table has entries up to > argument 54, which suggests a valid time of at least 4x54 = 216 years from the > epoch 1972.
