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From: "George H. Ballentine" <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Julian vs Grgorian and OS vs NS
Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2005 19:31:03 -0600
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When I have seen OS and NS used, it is to let one know if the date is
the original date (say, of birth) or the converted date after the
calendar change.

(George Washington was born Feb. 11 OS and Feb 22 NS)

George

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John Cardinal wrote:

> bob gillis wrote:
>
>>OS/NS and Julian/Gregorian are two different things.
>
>
> Bob,
>
> The wikiPedia explanation of OS/NS contradicts yours. See:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates
>
> I've done some Web research and there are strong statements on both sides:
> OS/NS only refers to the date of the new year and OS/NS means
> Julian/Gregorian.
>
> What source is the authority?
>
> John
>
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