From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [IPv6:2600:3c01:e000:146::1]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F37B625FC6 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2024 03:44:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B560D421B6; Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:44:45 +1000 (AEST) Received: from lax.lemis.com (www.lemis.com [45.32.70.18]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47F9E421B4 for ; Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:44:38 +1000 (AEST) Received: from eureka.lemis.com (121-200-11-253.79c80b.mel.nbn.aussiebb.net [121.200.11.253]) by lax.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A3D832811B; Thu, 11 Jul 2024 01:44:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: from hydra.lemis.com (hydra.lemis.com [192.109.197.129]) by eureka.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E897A263591; Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:44:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: from hydra.lemis.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by hydra.lemis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6EF413C07; Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:44:36 +1000 (AEST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by hydra.lemis.com (8.17.1/8.16.1/Submit) id 46B1iZFr058101; Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:44:35 +1000 (AEST) (envelope-from grog) Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:44:35 +1000 From: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" To: Dave Horsfall Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="VPOpM2iqdkG0OQik" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Organization: LEMIS, 29 Stones Road, Dereel, VIC, Australia Phone: +61-3-5309-0418 Mobile: +61-490-494-038. Use only as instructed. WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/grog X-PGP-Fingerprint: 9A1B 8202 BCCE B846 F92F 09AC 22E6 F290 507A 4223 Message-ID-Hash: 7OEGJIQXDT4UMPFSC6KUCBQABGBGTNZZ X-Message-ID-Hash: 7OEGJIQXDT4UMPFSC6KUCBQABGBGTNZZ X-MailFrom: grog@lemis.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: When did "man cal" lose the comment about 1752? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: --VPOpM2iqdkG0OQik Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Thursday, 11 July 2024 at 11:24:26 +1000, Dave Horsfall wrote: > The manpage for "cal" used to have the comment "Try September 1752" (and > yes, I know why); it's no longer there, so when did it disappear? The > SysV fun police? > > I remember it in Ed5 and Ed6, but can't remember when I last saw it. It's still mentioned in the latest version of FreeBSD: -s country_code Assume the switch from Julian to Gregorian Calendar at the date associated with the country_code. If not specified, ncal tries to guess the switch date from the local environment or falls back to September 2, 1752. This was when Great Britain and her colonies switched to the Gregorian Calendar. It sounds like that's not the quote you're thinking of, though. I've checked back as far as FreeBSD 1.0, which had a much simpler version of cal. The man page states The Gregorian Reformation is assumed to have occurred in 1752 on the 3rd of September. By this time, most countries had recognized the ref- ormation (although a few did not recognize it until the early 1900's.) Ten days following that date were eliminated by the reformation, so the calendar for that month is a bit unusual. Maybe you can find something more interesting in the TUHS archives. Greg -- Sent from my desktop computer. Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key. See complete headers for address and phone numbers. This message is digitally signed. If your Microsoft mail program reports problems, please read http://lemis.com/broken-MUA.php --VPOpM2iqdkG0OQik Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQSaG4ICvM64RvkvCawi5vKQUHpCIwUCZo85AwAKCRAi5vKQUHpC Iy4+AJwIDwb+jgFNs4HihoJsxJOEI1tiFgCeOrwHMLdmrrrSXCQkt8TDy3vjurs= =laDi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --VPOpM2iqdkG0OQik--