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diff --git a/lib/libc/time/Theory b/lib/libc/time/Theory index e0828139a8b..0c8afa13928 100644 --- a/lib/libc/time/Theory +++ b/lib/libc/time/Theory @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -$OpenBSD: Theory,v 1.9 2004/06/28 14:47:41 millert Exp $ -@(#)Theory 7.15 +$OpenBSD: Theory,v 1.10 2005/07/19 15:51:29 millert Exp $ +@(#)Theory 7.16 ----- Outline ----- @@ -132,8 +132,7 @@ These are the extensions that have been made to the POSIX.1 functions: environment variable; portable applications should not, however, rely on this behavior since it's not the way SVR2 systems behave.) -* These functions can account for leap seconds, thanks to Bradley White - (bww@k.cs.cmu.edu). +* These functions can account for leap seconds, thanks to Bradley White. Points of interest to folks with other systems: @@ -360,7 +359,7 @@ and (in Paris only) 1871-05-06 through 1871-05-23. Russia -From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-12-02): +From Chris Carrier (1996-12-02): On 1929-10-01 the Soviet Union instituted an ``Eternal Calendar'' with 30-day months plus 5 holidays, with a 5-day week. On 1931-12-01 it changed to a 6-day week; in 1934 it reverted to the @@ -375,7 +374,7 @@ by Frank Parise (1982, Facts on File, ISBN 0-8719-6467-8), page 377. But: From: Petteri Sulonen (via Usenet) Date: 14 Jan 1999 00:00:00 GMT -Message-ID: <Petteri.Sulonen-1401991626030001@lapin-kulta.in.helsinki.fi> +... If your source is correct, how come documents between 1929 -- 1940 were still dated using the conventional, Gregorian calendar? @@ -388,7 +387,7 @@ Executive Committee of the Supreme Soviet, if you like. Sweden (and Finland) -From: msb@sq.com (Mark Brader) +From: Mark Brader <a href="news:1996Jul6.012937.29190@sq.com"> Subject: Re: Gregorian reform -- a part of locale? </a> @@ -416,11 +415,11 @@ kalendervasen" by Lars-Olof Lode'n (no date was given).) Grotefend's data -From: "Michael Palmer" <mpalmer@netcom.com> [with one obvious typo fixed] +From: "Michael Palmer" [with one obvious typo fixed] Subject: Re: Gregorian Calendar (was Re: Another FHC related question Newsgroups: soc.genealogy.german Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 02:32:48 -800 -Message-ID: <199902091032.CAA09644@netcom10.netcom.com> +... The following is a(n incomplete) listing, arranged chronologically, of European states, with the date they converted from the Julian to the |