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From: bhoward@funvax.UUCP (Bruce Howard)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Adding Time and Date
Message-ID: <118@funvax.UUCP>
Date: Sat, 30-Aug-86 10:19:00 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug 30 10:19:00 1986
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> Use ACM algorithm #199 "Conversions Between Calendar Date and
> Julain Day Number".  Once you've converted the dates into julian
> days (number of days since the founding of Rome, for trivia buffs)
> the arithmetic is trivial.  When done, you convert back.
> 
> The algorithms are fairly short; I can type them in if you don't
> have the Collected Algorithms available.

Is there also a simple routine that will allow me to calculate
what day of the week an arbitrary date falls on?

			Bruce

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