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  2. Conversion between Julian and Gregorian calendars - Wikipedia

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    The usual rules of algebraic addition and subtraction apply; adding a negative number is the same as subtracting the absolute value, and subtracting a negative number is the same as adding the absolute value. If conversion takes you past a February 29 that exists only in the Julian calendar, then February 29 is counted in the difference.

  3. Calendrical calculation - Wikipedia

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    A calendrical calculation is a calculation concerning calendar dates. Calendrical calculations can be considered an area of applied mathematics. Some examples of calendrical calculations: Converting a Julian or Gregorian calendar date to its Julian day number and vice versa (see § Julian day number calculation within that article for details).

  4. Mesoamerican Long Count calendar - Wikipedia

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    Then add the GMT correlation to the total number of days. 1,372,300 + 584,283 = 1,956,583. This number is a Julian day. To convert a Julian day to a Proleptic Gregorian calendar date: [62] From this number, subtract the nearest smaller Julian Day Number (in the table below), in this case 1,940,206, which corresponds to the year 600 CE.

  5. Julian day - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] [6] [a] For example, the Julian day number for the day starting at 12:00 UT (noon) on January 1, 2000, was 2 451 545. [7] The Julian date (JD) of any instant is the Julian day number plus the fraction of a day since the preceding noon in Universal Time. Julian dates are expressed as a Julian day number with a decimal fraction added. [8]

  6. 360-day calendar - Wikipedia

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    The 360-day calendar is a method of measuring durations used in financial markets, in computer models, in ancient literature, and in prophetic literary genres.. It is based on merging the three major calendar systems into one complex clock [citation needed], with the 360-day year derived from the average year of the lunar and the solar: (365.2425 (solar) + 354.3829 (lunar))/2 = 719.6254/2 ...

  7. Lilian date - Wikipedia

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    Lilian dates can be used to calculate the number of days between any two dates occurring since the beginning of the Gregorian calendar. It is currently used by date conversion routines that are part of IBM Language Environment (LE) software [2] and in IBM AIX COBOL. [3] The Lilian date is only a date format: it is not tied to any particular ...

  8. Old Style and New Style dates - Wikipedia

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    The need to correct the calendar arose from the realisation that the correct figure for the number of days in a year is not 365.25 (365 days 6 hours) as assumed by the Julian calendar but slightly less (c. 365.242 days). The Julian calendar therefore has too many leap years.

  9. Calendar date - Wikipedia

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    A calendar date is a reference to a particular day, represented within a calendar system, enabling a specific day to be unambiguously identified. Simple math can be performed between dates; commonly, the number of days between two dates may be calculated, e.g., "25 February 2025" is ten days after "15 February 2025".