From owner-cvs-usrbin Fri Dec 12 07:28:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id HAA27519 for cvs-usrbin-outgoing; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 07:28:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-usrbin) Received: from khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.4.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id HAA27373; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 07:26:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu) Received: (from wollman@localhost) by khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id KAA08743; Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:25:33 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 12 Dec 1997 10:25:33 -0500 (EST) From: Garrett Wollman Message-Id: <199712121525.KAA08743@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu> To: Adam David Cc: helbig@FreeBSD.ORG (Wolfgang Helbig), cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/cal cal.1 In-Reply-To: <199712121113.LAA25484@veda.is> References: <199712121025.CAA07570@freefall.freebsd.org> <199712121113.LAA25484@veda.is> Sender: owner-cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk < said: > It was 10 to 13 calendar dates, depending on when the change was effected > in different countries. Isn't it rather too anglocentric to pick 1752 as > the year of transition? Well, it's the historic date used by the UNIX `cal' program, and since the UNIX community is still dominated by people living in Britain and her former colonies, I would suggest against changing it. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | O Siem / We are all family / O Siem / We're all the same wollman@lcs.mit.edu | O Siem / The fires of freedom Opinions not those of| Dance in the burning flame MIT, LCS, CRS, or NSA| - Susan Aglukark and Chad Irschick