Re : Lunar dates

From: Simon Hibbs <simonh_at_msi-uk.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 1998 14:30:51 +0100


Steve:

>That's screwy.

Peter :

>IMO it is not as screwy as living by a calender which bases the
>central date on the birth of a culture-hero but misdates the same
>event wrong by at least four years!

Or a culture which, despite having the highest ever level of literacy and numeracy, will still manage to celebrate the start of the new millenium one year early.

Simon


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