30 Jan
2024
30 Jan
'24
2:31 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 5:24 PM Ron / BCLUG via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
Colin McGregor via talk wrote on 2024-01-30 14:14:
For calendar oddities try typing the following into a BASH terminal :
cal 9 1752
The seemingly odd result will be correct for what is now Halifax, Nova Scotia, but incorrect for what is now Quebec City, Quebec. Anyone know why?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_1752
dropped 3–13 September to transition to the Gregorian calendar.[1]
Yes, but only in the UK and territories they controlled. France and the territories they controlled transitioned to the Gregorian calendar in 1582. Colin.
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