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From: flee@gondor.psu.edu (Felix Lee)
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Subject: Re: Julian Date (was Re: Sorting by date)
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Date: Fri, 6-Nov-87 16:57:03 EST
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Posted: Fri Nov  6 16:57:03 1987
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In article <763@cfa.cfa.harvard.EDU> wyatt@cfa.harvard.EDU (Bill Wyatt) writes:
>in article <513@mtxinu.UUCP>, tim@mtxinu.UUCP (Tim Wood) says:
>> The date format to which you referred is called "Julian date" (i.e.
>> November 12, 1987 at 1:30PM == 198711121330).
>
>The standard internaltional meaning of Julian Day Number is the number
>of days since GMT noon on Jan 1, 4713 B.C.

Curious.  I thought Julian date was YYDDD, as in 87304.

What is the significance of 4713 BC?  The Julian calendar was instituted
46 BC.  4713 BC sounds like the creation of the world as calculated from
the Bible.  But what does that have to do with Julius?
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