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Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? [message #26720 is a reply to message #26584]

Thu, 13 September 2001 17:09

Harald Giese
Messages: 1
Registered: September 2001

Junior Member

Olaf Stetzer wrote:
> ...
> It seems that in the MS-year 1900 has 1 more day
> compared to the one calculated by js2ymds!! I don't
> know if the fault is in Microsoft Excel or in the
> function js2ymds but maybe in 1900 there was an
> extra switching day (german: Schalttag) which is
> not calculated in the function?

Hi Olaf,

MS-Excel has indeed two peculiarities (at least):

1. it counts the 01.01.1900 00:00 as Julian day 1.0 (where most of us
would expect 0.0)
2. it has a "29.02.1900" - though 1900 was definitely not a leap year

Happy coding!

Regards,
Harald

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		Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: Olaf Stetzer on Thu, 13 September 2001 09:44
		Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: R.Bauer on Fri, 14 September 2001 03:14
		Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: Olaf Stetzer on Fri, 14 September 2001 02:39
		Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: Olaf Stetzer on Fri, 14 September 2001 02:18
		Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: Olaf Stetzer on Fri, 14 September 2001 02:10
		Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: R.Bauer on Fri, 14 September 2001 01:58
		Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: R.Bauer on Fri, 14 September 2001 00:34
		Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: Olaf Stetzer on Fri, 14 September 2001 00:06
		Re: Error in function js2ymds (JHU/APL/S1R IDL Lib)? By: Harald Giese on Thu, 13 September 2001 17:09

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