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From: amos@instable.UUCP (Amos Shapir)
Newsgroups: comp.bugs.4bsd
Subject: Re: bug in cal(1)
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Date: Wed, 21-Jan-87 01:34:57 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 21 01:34:57 1987
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Reply-To: amos%nsta@nsc.com (Amos Shapir)
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Proposed changes to cal in the next edition:
- Add a -j flag to do Julian, rather than the standard Gregorian calendar;
 possibly make it default before 1582.
- if y<100 add 1900 unless -j is on. (or something more sophisticated
if you dont want to re-fix it in 13 years).

I'd rather make it useful for everyday use, rather than precise, especially
when the extra precision is wrong - as has been pointed out, the 1st century
dates computed by cal are not exactly what the Romans had used, and thus are
useless even for historians. (Please keep the historical calendar discussion
to rec.history)
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	Amos Shapir
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