> ObUselessPost: Did you know Ethiopia are still using the old calendar?
> They are 6-7 years behind the rest of the world. Right now it's 1991-1992
> there. Do the Time Warp! It would be distinctly nice to experience 1992
> all over again (fond memories then of a woman) ... ok I'll shut up and
> crawl back under my rock..
Ethopia actually has two calendars, neither of which are either Julian *or*
Gregorian. I believe one is religious, and the other is secular with a
Gregorian-type correction, but it's been a while since I've read about
'em, so I could be waay off.
> ObUselessLinuxPost: cal correctly displays the calendar for 1752! This
> worries me a bit here, because the calendars for different countries
> varies because of the adoption of the Gregor dating systems at different
> times. Rome adopted it straightaway in 1582, but Britain didn't get it
> until 1752. Does cal correctly prints the appropriate calendar depending
> on the country? I wonder what the calendar looks like for Eithopia?
cal AFAIK doesn't pay any attention to where you are, it assumes you're in
the US. ObUselessTrivia: it has done this since the very first version of
cal, according to Dennis Ritchie's homepage.
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