[HN Gopher] Cal 9 1752 (2004)
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       Cal 9 1752 (2004)
        
       Author : susam
       Score  : 41 points
       Date   : 2022-12-31 19:45 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | NeoTar wrote:
       | I'm surprised the Proleptic Gregorian calendar
       | (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proleptic_Gregorian_calendar)
       | isn't used by default.
        
       | dang wrote:
       | Related:
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       |  _Cal 9 1752_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29675668 -
       | Dec 2021 (30 comments)
        
       | Octokiddie wrote:
       | > The new calendar was adopted in some European countries where 4
       | Oct 1582 was followed by 15 Oct 1582 thereby skipping 10 days in
       | between. However, it took as long as September 1752 for the new
       | calendar to be adopted by Britain. In Great Britain and the
       | British Empire, 2 Sep 1752 was followed by 14 Sep 1752 and that
       | is the gap of 11 days we see in the cal 9 1752 output.
       | 
       | This is also the reason that some Christian groups celebrate
       | Christmas on Jan. 7 rather than Dec. 25:
       | 
       | > "Christmas on Jan. 7 is also known as Old Christmas Day. Eleven
       | days were dropped (from the Gregorian calendar) to make up for
       | the calendar discrepancy that accumulated with the Julian
       | calendar when England and Scotland switched in 1752," Fr. Sammour
       | explained.
       | 
       | https://www.arabnews.com/node/1999461/middle-east
        
       | [deleted]
        
       | quesera wrote:
       | % cal 9 1752          September 1752       Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa
       | 1  2 14 15 16       17 18 19 20 21 22 23       24 25 26 27 28 29
       | 30
       | 
       | Sometimes, I have weeks that feel exactly like this.
        
         | silisili wrote:
         | Oh yeah, the older I get, the more every month feels like this.
         | NYE already? I was just sitting on my tailgate watching Fourth
         | Of July fireworks last month... I'd swear it.
        
       | 082349872349872 wrote:
       | ncal(1) will even (attempt to) do country-specific calendar
       | changes with _-s_.
        
       | rootusrootus wrote:
       | Google calendar does not reflect this if you look at September
       | 1752. I'm not sure if that'e because they chose a different
       | crossover point, or just ignored it altogether.
       | 
       | Edit: Same for Fastmail
        
         | jon-wood wrote:
         | I suspect they took the opinion it's not worth dealing with the
         | many potential edge cases to support people who are booking
         | appointments in the far distant past. How many people have even
         | gone back that far in Google Calendar, never mind actually
         | created any calendar events?
        
       | throw0101c wrote:
       | See also:
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       | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Gregorian_cale...
       | 
       | Per the article, 1752 was for the UK (Anglo world).
        
       | jvandonsel wrote:
       | I pity all you heretics who are celebrating the new year tonight.
       | We followers of The One True Julian Calendar are sitting at home
       | alone for the next 14 days.
        
         | [deleted]
        
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