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I'm curious, when would you use this? As far as I can recall, the only time I need to know day-of-month is when scheduling and I need my actual calendar with e
by Fluorescence 3y ago
I'm curious, when would you use this?
As far as I can recall, the only time I need to know day-of-month is when scheduling and I need my actual calendar with existing appointments for that.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoI dunno, it sounds like the kind of thing someone with a filofax would have in their wallet, same energy as a slide ruler, conversion tables on paper, etc.
- benj111 3y agoIt's handy to know if some date is a weekend or not. Or some specific day of the week where you're generally busy. Or to check where Christmas falls or something like that. Ultimately it's a little thing to keep in your wallet. Not something to replace an appointment diary.
- KMnO4 3y agoCheck out the Doomsday Rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_rule https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doomsday_rule I learned this years ago and it is life changing. It can be used to figure out the day of the week of any day in a couple seconds. For example, the rule immediately tells me that Boxing Day is a Tuesday[0], so I know Christmas falls on a Monday this year. [0] as does 3/14, 4/4, 5/9, 6/6, 7/4, 7/11, 8/8, 9/5, 10/10, 10/31, 11/7, and 12/12 since those anchor points are always on the same “doomsday”. Based on that, any day is just a little bit of addition/subtraction.