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From: Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Fun With Dates -- Need Help
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2025 14:39:20 -0600
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On 1/18/25 6:24 AM, Farley Flud wrote:
> But there is no jump at Oct 5 1582 either because all previous
> dates are the GC extrapolated backwards:


That's what's needed only when the question is, "How many days ago was 
that event?" This is not all that a calendar _conversion_ program can 
provide (mine uses such extrapolations too when needed).

When converting a calendar date recorded in some old source in Gregorian 
or Julian or whatever, to another calendar in use elsewhere to get an 
idea it was simultaneously with what events in those other places, this 
use of GC (i.e. extrapolated backward) can't be readily used.