Re: [LI] Interesting error on unix

[Sharad Joshi <sharadj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Huh... this error has more to do with history than with *nix. And this is
not a new thing. 'man date' on any SunOS machine shud give you the details
of this interesting piece of history.

Nice that we did not have rulers to fiddle with calenders for their whims.
:)

Sharad.
~~~~~~~

On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Guruprasad, Mahendrakar  V (IE10) wrote:

+ > 		If you have access to unix   (or Linux)  machine just run
+ > the following command.
+ > 
+ > 		cal 9 1752 which should give the calendar for month of sep
+ > 1752.
+ > 
+ > 		Scroll down for the answer.
+ > 		>
+ > 		>
+ > 		cal 9 1752
+ > 		   September 1752
+ > 		 S  M Tu  W Th  F  S
+ > 		          1   2   14 15 16
+ > 		17 18 19 20 21 22 23
+ > 		24 25 26 27 28 29 30
+ > 
+ > 		Lot of dates missing. Rare to see an error in unix
+ > 		Regards

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