History of Zero-Based Months?

Re:History of Zero-Based Months? by _OOps_ on Saturday August 27, 2022 @07:55AM (#32617998)

I think it's important to be able to work with mod(%) 12 for some operations on year <--> month relationship. All years have 12 months. For day of the month you need additional logic to handle diferent lengths... and other issues.

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Re:History of Zero-Based Months? by zzo38computer on Saturday August 27, 2022 @07:01PM (#32624100)

This reason makes sense. Note that different uses will have different useful conventions, and converting between them may be necessary. (Although this is true of more than only month numbering.)

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Re:History of Zero-Based Months? by jefftk on Saturday August 27, 2022 @07:58AM (#32618023)

This could still work: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32618016

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