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