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From: Lee Hoffman/KY <>
Subject: Re: TMG-L: New/Old Style v Gregorian/Julian
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 07:59:39 -0500


Chris Andrle wrote:
>> 4-Feb-1659/60 is precise (being pedantic you might want to write Old Style
>> after it!)
>
>I find this very interesting but now I'm confused. How does the double year
>date make this date precise? What indicates Old Style or New Style? I
>thought that double year dates were only used to make dates that fell
>between January 1st and March 25th unambiguous in relation to the start of
>the year and had nothing to do with Old Style or New Style.

An imprecise date would be 4 Feb 1659 or 4 Feb 1660. With 4 Feb 1659/60,
one knows exactly which year is meant.


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