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    Re: A calendar question
    From: Jared Sherman
    Date: 2005 May 31, 12:33 -0400

    Thanks Victor, that's why I'm not allowed to practice mathematics in this
    state. But the point remains...Who shortchanged February?!
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Victor Garand" 
    To: 
    Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 12:19 PM
    Subject: Re: A calendar question
    
    
    Jared,
    I guess I haven't been paying attention. Which month has been
    discontinued?!!
    (Clue: it appears to be one of the 31 day months!)
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Jared Sherman" 
    To: 
    Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:03 AM
    Subject: A calendar question
    
    
    > This is not strictly celnav but I'm hoping someone on the list has run
    > across the answer, as matters of calendars and dates are so crucial to
    > celnav.
    >
    > Our "western" (Gregorian?) calendar has a nominal 365 days. It could be
    > broken up into five months of 31 days, and seven months of 30 days, with
    > the
    > leap day added to any one of those. Instead, we have FOUR months of 30
    > days,
    > six months of 31 days, and the dear oddball February shortchanged at 28.
    >
    > What's with the odd 28-day month? Who or how did the length of the months
    > in
    > our current calendar happen?
    >
    
    
    

       
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