Re: [GTALUG] An anomaly with the `date` command

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]