From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
Cc: jay.p.belanger@gmail.com, eggert@cs.ucla.edu, reingold@iit.edu,
rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: The Emacs Calculator and calendar
Date: Sun, 07 Oct 2012 16:08:32 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lifi5q8v.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAAeL0SR1dibrHF7y5Yax3VJnQfaAC6_OzTTtbA6-p+tUkGVHBw@mail.gmail.com>
> From: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 15:01:09 +0200
> Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>, jay.p.belanger@gmail.com, reingold@iit.edu,
> rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
>
> It makes a bit more sense to use Julian to refer to post-medieval
> dates, but even in this case, conversion is not automatic unless you
> specify the place. If you're reading a Russian book using the Julian
> calendar, it's simpler to know that there is a 13 days difference with
> the current reckoning that to use a program to convert dates back and
> forth, don't you think?
I have no opinion about what the different calendar applications
should do. But this discussion went beyond that narrow issue. And I
just wanted to point out that assertions like "Almost nobody who
writes about ancient history specifies dates in the calendars that
were used at the time" and "using the Julian calendar when talking
about events that occurred before 1752 ... is a special case that
doesn't generalize" don't seem to be supported by facts.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-10-07 14:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-10-05 19:13 The Emacs Calculator and calendar Jay Belanger
2012-10-05 19:24 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-05 20:51 ` Edward Reingold
2012-10-05 21:14 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2012-10-06 15:41 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-06 22:07 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-07 3:49 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-07 6:22 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-07 17:30 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-07 18:23 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-10 3:37 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-07 6:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-07 7:50 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-07 8:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-07 13:01 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-10-07 14:08 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-10-07 17:30 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-07 17:57 ` Juanma Barranquero
2012-10-07 21:55 ` Sam Steingold
2012-10-08 13:39 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-07 8:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2012-10-07 7:56 ` Achim Gratz
2012-10-07 8:44 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-10-07 13:57 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-07 20:32 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-07 21:34 ` Tim Cross
2012-10-08 0:32 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-08 6:30 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-08 7:28 ` Ulrich Mueller
2012-10-08 13:56 ` Stefan Monnier
2012-10-08 14:49 ` Jay Belanger
2012-10-08 8:21 ` James Cloos
2012-10-08 14:59 ` Jay Belanger
2012-10-13 6:02 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-13 14:05 ` Jay Belanger
2012-10-08 13:39 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-08 19:34 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-08 22:39 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-09 6:28 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-09 15:47 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-09 23:10 ` Paul Eggert
2012-10-10 2:22 ` Jay Belanger
2012-10-11 12:09 ` Jason Rumney
2012-10-12 1:52 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-10 3:37 ` Richard Stallman
2012-10-10 21:42 ` Christoph Herzog
2012-10-05 21:17 ` Edward Reingold
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