# HG changeset patch
# User Karl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>
# Date 875117662 0
# Node ID fe92da0414ac4d281a6dedaa8fada56c5443e0c9
# Parent  a09889110d3432e679adec7d0a8883272f54471d
(calendar-mayan-days-before-absolute-zero): Change
to more widely acknowledged value.

diff -r a09889110d34 -r fe92da0414ac lisp/calendar/cal-mayan.el
--- a/lisp/calendar/cal-mayan.el	Wed Sep 24 16:11:32 1997 +0000
+++ b/lisp/calendar/cal-mayan.el	Wed Sep 24 16:14:22 1997 +0000
@@ -53,12 +53,11 @@
 
 (require 'calendar)
 
-(defconst calendar-mayan-days-before-absolute-zero 1137140
+(defconst calendar-mayan-days-before-absolute-zero 1137142
   "Number of days of the Mayan calendar epoch before absolute day 0.
-According to the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation.  This correlation is
-not universally accepted, as it still a subject of astro-archeological
-research.  Using 1232041 will give you Spinden's correlation; using
-1142840 will give you Hochleitner's correlation.")
+This is the Goodman-Martinez-Thompson correlation used by almost all experts,
+but some use 1137140.  Using 1232041 gives you Spinden's correlation; using
+1142840 gives you Hochleitner's correlation.")
 
 (defconst calendar-mayan-haab-at-epoch '(8 . 18)
   "Mayan haab date at the epoch.")