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From: diamond@tkou02.enet.dec.com (diamond@tkovoa)
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: Gregorian Calendar start (was:Re: Leap Year Checker.)
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.013318.19836@tkou02.enet.dec.com>
Date: 15 Oct 90 01:33:18 GMT
References: <1002@nlsun1.oracle.nl> <2188@ukc> <2457@root44.co.uk> <18359@haddock.ima.isc.com> <1990Oct13.101434.21356@sq.sq.com>
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In article <1990Oct13.101434.21356@sq.sq.com> msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:

>But we'll see how *they* like being one day out of step, beginning on
>March 1 (Gregorian), 2200...

It isn't necessarily a problem.  One would think that along the International
Date Line, some islands might be 23 hours ahead of their neighbors, and
it might have the same appearance as being one day out of step.  However,
the Date Line is rather skewed, so some locations that should be experiencing
a particular date are actually experiencing the preceding date or the
following date instead.  If I remember correctly, some locations are as
much as 25 or 26 hours ahead of their neighbors.
-- 
Norman Diamond, Nihon DEC    diamond@tkov50.enet.dec.com
                                    (tkou02 is scheduled for demolition)
We steer like a sports car:  I use opinions; the company uses the rack.