RE: DATE 5th OCT, 1582 not coming

Dr. Kumanov,

Thanks for the (final?) clarification!

I suppose its a good thing that this has little or no practical impact on most people's lives at this point, otherwise non-anglo people might feel put-upon about computer systems/utilities defaulting to the later english calendar adjustment. regards,
ep

On 18 Oct 2000, at 3:35, Nikolay Kumanov wrote:

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Subject:        	RE: DATE 5th OCT, 1582 not coming

> We can say that both Unix and Oracle are right (or wrong). The gregorian
> calendar was adopted in October, 1582 only in the catholic countries of
> Europe. Because of political reasons, protestant countries adopted the
> calendar in 18th century, England in September 1752. Eastern orthodox
> countries adopted the calendar in early 20th century - Bulgaria in 1916,
Received on Wed Oct 18 2000 - 12:33:07 CDT