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Jared,
I guess I haven't been paying attention. Which month has been
discontinued?!!
(Clue: it appears to be one of the 31 day months!)
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From: "Jared Sherman" <>
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Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 9:03 AM
Subject: A calendar question
> This is not strictly celnav but I'm hoping someone on the list has run
> across the answer, as matters of calendars and dates are so crucial to
> celnav.
>
> Our "western" (Gregorian?) calendar has a nominal 365 days. It could be
> broken up into five months of 31 days, and seven months of 30 days, with
> the
> leap day added to any one of those. Instead, we have FOUR months of 30
> days,
> six months of 31 days, and the dear oddball February shortchanged at 28.
>
> What's with the odd 28-day month? Who or how did the length of the months
> in
> our current calendar happen?
>
