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 0C4B3290B7 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 19:45:15 +0200 (CEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0B3A42126; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 03:45:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: from central.weird.com (most.robohack.planix.com [198.96.117.51]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5847242125 for ; Tue, 16 Jul 2024 03:44:59 +1000 (AEST) Received: from (invalid client hostname: bind: DNS error: DNS lookup for A for 'more.local': Unknown host)more.local ((no PTR matching greeting name)d207-6-82-137.bchsia.telus.net[207.6.82.137] port=53799) by central.weird.com([198.96.117.51] port=587) via TCP with esmtp (3739 bytes) (sender: ) (ident using UNIX) id for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 13:44:55 -0400 (EDT) (Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #1 built 2022-Feb-11) Received: from more.local ([10.0.1.129] port=53800) by more.local([10.0.1.129] port=25) via TCP with esmtp (3263 bytes) (sender: ) id for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:44:53 -0700 (PDT) (Smail-3.2.0.122-Pre 2005-Nov-17 #1 built 2022-Apr-6) Message-Id: Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2024 10:44:52 -0700 From: "Greg A. Woods" To: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list In-Reply-To: References: User-Agent: Wanderlust/2.15.9 (Almost Unreal) SEMI-EPG/1.14.7 (Harue) FLIM-LB/1.14.9 (=?ISO-8859-4?Q?Goj=F2?=) APEL-LB/10.8 EasyPG/1.0.0 Emacs/26.3 (x86_64--netbsd) MULE/6.0 (HANACHIRUSATO) X-Face: ;j3Eth2XV8h1Yfu*uL{<:dQ$#E[DB0gemGZJ"J#4fH*][ lz;@-iwMv_u\6uIEKR0KY"=MzoQH#CrqBN`nG_5B@rrM8,f~Gr&h5a\= 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: --pgp-sign-Multipart_Mon_Jul_15_10:44:42_2024-1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII At Sun, 14 Jul 2024 17:15:53 -0400, Marc Donner wrote: Subject: [TUHS] Re: When did "man cal" lose the comment about 1752? > > My instance of cal (MacOS 14.5) has this in the man page: > > -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. That's 'ncal' from FreeBSD, which is an entirely "new" implementation written by Wolfgang Helbig: commit 0cb2e609d9c2f0ceaf730a57ac5c11580058e7f4 Author: Wolfgang Helbig Date: Mon Dec 15 20:35:22 1997 +0000 Add new command ncal. > Note that the switch to the Gregorian calendar happened at different times > in different countries. In Catholic-dominated countries it happened in > October of 1582. The English-speaking world, being Protestant-dominated, > waited until September of 1752 to adopt it. Indeed! -- Greg A. Woods Kelowna, BC +1 250 762-7675 RoboHack Planix, Inc. Avoncote Farms --pgp-sign-Multipart_Mon_Jul_15_10:44:42_2024-1 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: OpenPGP Digital Signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EABECAB0WIQTWEnAIIlcZX4oAawJie18UwlnHhQUCZpVgDQAKCRBie18UwlnH hWCzAJ9Z68Q6fwZSstnzfR/+uGtAJH1Q7gCffXb/VD8OMHZNUj7IarmQT2o7/2E= =xaYP -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pgp-sign-Multipart_Mon_Jul_15_10:44:42_2024-1--