From: jrs@merlyn.demon.co.uk   
      
   JRS:  In article , dated Sat, 18   
   Feb 2006 03:43:13 remote, seen in news:comp.lang.pascal.borland, Alan   
   Lawson-Brown  posted :   
   >Dr John Stockton  wrote in   
   >news:UIB5OGEalQ9DFw8b@merlyn.demon.co.uk:   
   >   
   >> JRS:  In article , dated Thu, 16   
   >> Feb 2006 04:21:46 remote, seen in news:comp.lang.pascal.borland, Alan   
   >> Lawson-Brown  posted :   
   >>>   
   >>>As far as I  know Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full   
   >>>moon after the Vernal (Northern hemisphere) Equinox.   
   >>   
   >> Then you can take steps to extend your knowledge.   
   >   
   >That is an odd comment - almost arrogant!  But I thank you for indicating   
   >my ignorance.   
      
   When you presume to inform by giving half-baked information, you must   
   expect a reaction of that nature.  You should pay more attention to the   
   signatures of news articles; they are (sometimes) there for a purpose.   
      
   Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the date of the ecclesiastical   
   (Paschal) full moon which occurs on or after the nominal date of the   
   Vernal equinox.  The difference in wording is important.  That Equinox   
   date is March 21st, although the London date/time of the true equinox   
   varies by getting on for two days over 1900-2099, with a further day or   
   so of variation if given as a local date/time.  The Paschal full moon is   
   an approximation to the real one.   
      
   Fuller details, for the Roman Catholic Church, have been given by   
   Clavius, in about 500 pages of Latin.  I've not read much of it, but it   
   evidently describes an integer calculation, chosen to fit past   
   observation but independent of fresh observation.   
      
   The authority for the Britain and the Colonies, including the Americas   
   but omitting then-unknown regions such as yours, is the Calendar Act;   
   the details are (substantively) reproduced in the Prayer Book; and from   
   that I have deduced the full algorithm, which of course gives results   
   agreeing with those presumed to be from Catholic sources.   
      
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