Replied: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 17:29:51 EDT Replied: "ct@login.dknet.dk (Claus T|ndering) " From ct@login.dknet.dk Tue Sep 17 10:43:36 1996 Received: from MIT.EDU (SOUTH-STATION-ANNEX.MIT.EDU [18.72.1.2]) by bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU (8.6.13/2.3JIK) with SMTP id KAA29353; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 10:43:35 -0400 Received: from ns.dknet.dk by MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA29386; Tue, 17 Sep 96 10:27:09 EDT Received: from login.dknet.dk (root@login.dknet.dk [193.88.44.43]) by ns.dknet.dk (8.7.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id QAA01121 for ; Tue, 17 Sep 1996 16:27:07 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by login.dknet.dk (4.1/SMI-4.1DKnet00) id AA21483; Tue, 17 Sep 96 16:24:04 +0200 From: ct@login.dknet.dk (Claus T|ndering) Message-Id: <9609171424.AA21483@login.dknet.dk> Subject: Calendar FAQ, v. 1.4 (modified 17 Sep 1996) Part 1/3 To: news-answers@MIT.EDU Date: Tue, 17 Sep 96 16:24:03 MET DST From: ct@login.dknet.dk (Claus Tondering) Newsgroups: sci.astro,soc.history,sci.answers,soc.answers,news.answers Subject: Calendar FAQ, v. 1.4 (modified 17 Sep 1996) Part 1/3 Followup-To: sci.astro,soc.history Summary: This posting contains answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Christian, Hebrew, Islamic, and various historical calendars. Expires: 1 Nov 1996 00:00:00 GMT Archive-name: calendars/faq1 Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 1996/09/17 Version: 1.4 URL: ftp://login.dknet.dk/pub/ct/calendar.faq1 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT CALENDARS Part 1 of 3 Version 1.4 - 17 Sep 1996 Copyright and disclaimer ------------------------ This document is Copyright (C) 1996 by Claus Tondering. E-mail: ct@login.dknet.dk. The document may be freely distributed, provided this copyright notice is included and no money is charged for the document. This document is provided "as is". No warranties are made as to its correctness. Introduction ------------ This is the calendar FAQ. Its purpose is to give an overview of the Christian, Hebrew, and Islamic calendars in common use. It will also provide a historical background for the Christian calendar. Comments are very welcome. My e-mail address is given above. [remainder of text deleted by folder-shrink.pl]