Re: Can I get the Day of the week?

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Hello Peter,

You wrote:
>Thanks for the info! When you say 0001-01-01 was a Sunday, does that take
>into consideration any of the compensatory changes (e.g. 1582 or 1752) that
>you mentioned? I seem to recall Pope Gregory dropping 9 days or so in 1582,
>which would I would think would make a difference in the day of the week
>before and after the dropped dates.

Yes. 0001-01-01 was a Sunday (by Western naming conventions) if you compensate 
for the missing days and use the different leap year rules that were in effect 
prior to the change.  Using a Proleptic Gregorian (ala the system) calendar 
will 
show 0001-01-01 as a Monday.

The current standard of seven days and twelve months has been in place for 
longer than that (i.e., BC) but some of the month names were changed along the 
way due to the ego-centric nature of various Roman Ceasars -- and the Western 
calendar is derived from the Roman which is derived from the Greek which was 
probably stolen from someone else.  There are many places on the Web were you 
can learn more about this.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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