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Re:Unix Time and a Modest Proposal by yuliyp on Friday December 27, 2024 @03:24PM (#42525699)
It requires someone to at some point remember that "Hey when I was a kid 20 years ago the solstice was on December 22 but now it's on December 17, what happened?" and then go looking at historical records to generate a trend line with a slope of 0.25 days / year. The measurement doesn't have to be at one point.
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Re:Unix Time and a Modest Proposal by amluto on Friday December 27, 2024 @04:58PM (#42526453)
Sure, but it needs an extra digit or two do do as well as the Gregorian calendar. Doable, but longer records are needed.
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Re:Unix Time and a Modest Proposal by yuliyp on Friday December 27, 2024 @05:54PM (#42526826)
The adjustment to 365.25 came during Roman times. The Gregorian adjustment came after well over a thousand years to realize the drift since Julius Caesar's time.
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