Re: Wording problem in man cal

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On Sun, Jun 21, 2015, at 16:33, Felix Neumann wrote:
> Between Sept 2 and Sept 14, eleven dates are jumped; so the man page
> should read something like "eleven days following Sept 2 were
> eliminated";

True.  Upcoming patch fixes that, worded a bit differently.  Is it okay?

The ten days were elemininated when the reform happened in 1582;
when the reform was done much much later, eleven days needed to
be eliminated.  See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_reform#Julian.2FGregorian_reforms

Benno

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