Re: The Emacs Calculator and calendar

[Richard Stallman]

    I would say it even more strongly: the Unix cal and the Emacs calc are
    foolish chimeras; there
    were hundreds of different dates of adoption of the Gregorian calendar,
    stretching almost 400 years.
    Emacs calendar does the only sane thing.

I am not convinced.  Nobody used the Gregorian calendar in 1400,
so displaying dates from that year in Gregorian is an anachronism.

Perhaps a calendar program should allow the user to specify changeover
date, offering convenient options for the main jurisdictions of interest.
The Vatican would be one option, England would be another, etc.


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