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changeset 61174:0609cac4453f
* calendar.texi (Calendar Systems): Say that the Persian calendar
implemented here is the arithmetical one championed by Birashk.
| author | Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> |
|---|---|
| date | Thu, 31 Mar 2005 20:14:03 +0000 |
| parents | 32e74e80983b |
| children | ef26a481327e |
| files | man/ChangeLog man/calendar.texi |
| diffstat | 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/ChangeLog Thu Mar 31 18:59:50 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Thu Mar 31 20:14:03 2005 +0000 @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2005-03-31 Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu> + + * calendar.texi (Calendar Systems): Say that the Persian calendar + implemented here is the arithmetical one championed by Birashk. + 2005-03-30 Glenn Morris <gmorris@ast.cam.ac.uk> * programs.texi (Fortran Motion): Fix previous change. @@ -21,7 +26,7 @@ (Longlines): New node. (Auto Fill): Don't index "word wrap" here. (Filling): Add Longlines to menu. - + 2005-03-29 Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> * xresources.texi: Minor fixes.
--- a/man/calendar.texi Thu Mar 31 18:59:50 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/calendar.texi Thu Mar 31 20:14:03 2005 +0000 @@ -691,6 +691,12 @@ days, the next five have 30 days, and the last has 29 in ordinary years and 30 in leap years. Leap years occur in a complicated pattern every four or five years. +The calendar implemented here is the arithmetical Persian calendar +championed by Birashk, based on a 2,820-year cycle. It differs from +the astronomical Persian calendar, which is based on astronomical +events. As of this writing the first future discrepancy is projected +to occur on March 20, 2025. It is currently not clear what the +official calendar of Iran will be that far into the future. @cindex Chinese calendar The Chinese calendar is a complicated system of lunar months arranged