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In what ways are we dealing with the fallout from Julian to Gregorian time migration?
by scrumbledober 7y ago
In what ways are we dealing with the fallout from Julian to Gregorian time migration?
- Piskvorrr 7y agoA simplified case: how many days are there between Jan 1, 1918, and now? Trick question! Depends on where you ask - USSR transitioned to Gregorian calendar in 1918, dropping Feb 1-Feb 13. (Actually data format which stored dates as "days since 1900-01-01"...in an undefined time zone - years are the same length everywhere, right?) Anything that deals with historical data still has to deal with this...the same way that Y2k38 started biting in 2008, because people do have calculations that extend for decades from the present. And those are both actual date computation quirks which I have personally met, in code; that's not to mention the cultural weirdness of "Red October" happening in November.