Re: Call for Votes: PEAR::Calendar

Kouber Saparev said: > Something I've found a propos de leap years: > > "The leap year was introduced in the Julian calendar in 46 BC. However, > around 10 BC, it was found that the priests in charge of computing the > calendar had been adding leap years every three years instead of the four > decreed by Caesar. As a result of this error, no more leap years were > added > until 8 AD. Leap years were therefore 45 BC, 42 BC, 39 BC, 36 BC, 33 BC, > 30 > BC, 27 BC, 24 BC, 21 BC, 18 BC, 15 BC, 12 BC, 9 BC, 8 AD, 12 AD, and every > fourth year thereafter, until the Gregorian calendar was introduced > (resulting in skipping three out of every four centuries). The UNIX > command > cal incorrectly lists 4 AD as a leap year." This sounds more like a historical fact. 4 AD wasn't a leap year, but should've been if those naughty priests hadn't been ignoring Caesar. I think the Calendar ought to act as an accurate representation of time rather than a historical reference. Thus, if someone asks what the first day of 10BC was, they'd get the correct answer back *relative* to the Gregorian calendar, but *not* the day of the week that the New Year was actually celebrated on. Cheers, -D.