Re: Question on the date after '31-DEC-9999' in Oracle

Frank van Bortel wrote:
> Holger Baer wrote:
> > Frank van Bortel wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> > The anomaly with different calendars I liked most was that one:
> >
> > Shakespear and Cervantes died the same date, only 10 days appart ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Holger
>
> You'll like this, then: dates when Gregorian calendar was introduced:
> Germany:
> Different states on different dates:
> Catholic states on various dates in 1583-1585
> Prussia: 22 Aug 1610 was followed by 2 Sep 1610
> Protestant states: 18 Feb 1700 was followed by 1 Mar 1700
> (Many local variations)
> My fellow countrymen were even more hard-headed:
> Zeeland, Brabrant, and the ``Staten Generaal'':
> 14 Dec 1582 was followed by 25 Dec 1582
> Holland:
> 1 Jan 1583 was followed by 12 Jan 1583
> Limburg and the southern provinces (currently Belgium):
> 20 Dec 1582 was followed by 31 Dec 1582
> or
> 21 Dec 1582 was followed by 1 Jan 1583
> Groningen:
> 10 Feb 1583 was followed by 21 Feb 1583
> Went back to Julian in the summer of 1594
> 31 Dec 1700 was followed by 12 Jan 1701
> Gelderland:
> 30 Jun 1700 was followed by 12 Jul 1700
> Utrecht and Overijssel:
> 30 Nov 1700 was followed by 12 Dec 1700
> Friesland:
> 31 Dec 1700 was followed by 12 Jan 1701
> Drenthe:
> 30 Apr 1701 was followed by 12 May 1701
> --
> Regards,
> Frank van Bortel

Great Britain and the American Colonies did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until September, 1752. At the time of the adoption 11 days were removed from the month to put it into synchronisation with the rest of the known world already using the Gregorian algorithm. Thus the calendar for September, 1752 appears:

   September 1752
 S M Tu W Th F S

       1 2 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Different locations, different times of eventual adoption of the now-universal Gregorian calendar.

David Fitzjarrell Received on Wed May 25 2005 - 22:56:43 CDT