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Re: Welcome to the Ohs
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lugnet.general
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Mon, 3 Jan 2000 20:41:39 GMT
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Tom Stangl wrote:
> <snip>
> > P.S. Anyone hear about the french clock maker. He made a grandfather clock in
> > the 1600s that has a date counter on it. It should be reading 1/1/2000 right
> > now. The first "Y2K" compliant device.
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> Doubtful, considering the calendar adjustment of 13 (14?) days in the 1700s
> somewhere ;-)
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> --
> | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp
> | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer
That adjustment from Julian to Gregorian format is also a complicated issue. It
happened in Western Europe in 1582, but not the UK until 1752, and not Russia until
1917. So there was a period where when you crossed the English Channel, you crossed
not only a time zone (not sure they had them in the 1500-1700's) but a period of
11-14 days difference depending on which century you crossed over.
The Eastern (Orthodox) Church still doesn't recognize the Gregorian Calendar (not
sure about the idiosyncracies), hence the holidays are now upon them.
Gary Istok
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| (...) clock in (...) right (...) It (...) until (...) crossed (...) of (...) (not (...) I forgot to take that whole calander switch mess into account. Still the Idea of the clock counting to the year 2000 and beyond amuses me to no end. -Lord (...) (25 years ago, 3-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) Doubtful, considering the calendar adjustment of 13 (14?) days in the 1700s somewhere ;-) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | Please do not associate my personal views with my employer (25 years ago, 2-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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