XPost: comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++   
   From: F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl   
      
   Op 01.feb.2026 om 10:06 schreef Lawrence D’Oliveiro:   
   > On Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:10:38 -0600, Gary Scott wrote:   
   >   
   >> Flexibility is taken to a bit extreme in GINO graphics libraries (a   
   >> UK product), with a calendar that goes all the way back to 1066...:)   
   >   
   >      ldo@theon:~> date -d "1-Jan-1066"   
   >      Mon 01 Jan 1066 00:00:00 LMT   
   >      ldo@theon:~> date -d "1-Jan-966"   
   >      Wed 01 Jan 0966 00:00:00 LMT   
   >      ldo@theon:~> date -d "1-Jan-866"   
   >      Fri 01 Jan 0866 00:00:00 LMT   
      
   Now it becomes important to indicate whether the Gregorian or the Julian   
   calendar is used. Not all countries switched at the same date. That is   
   missing in the notation above, so I am not sure about the names of the days.   
      
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