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Re: days of the week [message #29859 is a reply to message #29857]

Wed, 20 March 2002 14:26

Mark Hadfield
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"Craig Markwardt" <craigmnet@cow.physics.wisc.edu> wrote in message
news:ong02v434v.fsf@cow.physics.wisc.edu...

> P.S. I think the built-in JULDAY function is the one of the most
> dangerous function I have ever seen. It measures *calendar dates*
> from *noon* by gosh!

I couldn't agree more.

> It also doesn't handle fractional days...

Not true in recent versions...

IDL> print, julday(03,21,2002)
2452355
IDL> print, julday(03,21,2002,10,23,30)
2452354.9

But that weird argument order (month, day, year, ...) is what I
*really* hate.

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Mark Hadfield
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		Re: days of the week By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 21 March 2002 09:01
		Re: days of the week By: Craig Markwardt on Thu, 21 March 2002 09:01
		Re: days of the week By: Doug Rowland on Thu, 21 March 2002 07:34
		Re: days of the week By: the_cacc on Thu, 21 March 2002 03:21
		Re: days of the week By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 20 March 2002 14:20
		Re: days of the week By: Mark Hadfield on Wed, 20 March 2002 14:26
		Re: days of the week By: Ed Wright on Wed, 20 March 2002 09:17
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		Re: days of the week By: eddie haskell on Wed, 20 March 2002 08:25
		Re: days of the week By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 20 March 2002 08:26
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