# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 798176752 0
# Node ID 5a52cf3e5f1181fc8f5b4f496f7e645443819c77
# Parent  7917226c3ea92de39a9bb73f9b200ab5708a525d
Comment change.

diff -r 7917226c3ea9 -r 5a52cf3e5f11 src/editfns.c
--- a/src/editfns.c	Tue Apr 18 03:31:38 1995 +0000
+++ b/src/editfns.c	Tue Apr 18 03:45:52 1995 +0000
@@ -760,7 +760,9 @@
 
   fullyear = XINT (year);
 
-  /* Adjust incoming datespec to epoch = March 1, year 0.  */
+  /* Adjust incoming datespec to epoch = March 1, year 0.
+     The "date" March 1, year 0, is an abstraction used purely for its
+     computational convenience; year 0 never existed.  */
   mon = XINT (month) - 1 + 10;
   fullyear += mon/12 - 1;
   mon %= 12;