Re: Re-writing Genealogy::Gedcom::Date

[email protected] (Mike Elston) Wed, 4 Nov 2015 12:14:08 +0000
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Hi Marcel,

I wan't aware that the Russians ever had a different calendar, except =
that they continued to use the Julian calendar longer than almost every =
other Western country.

The Gregorian calendar =97 which simply has a different scheme of leap =
years from the old Julian calendar, but the same months, and the same =
lengths of the different months =97 was instituted in 1582; England =
didn't adopt it until 1751, by which time the Julian calendar was 11 =
days out compared to the Gregorian calendar (it was in use in Scotland =
before that, which meant that the date was different in England from =
what it was in Scotland until 1751!); Russia continued to use the Julian =
calendar until 1918, when it converted to the Gregorian calendar, which =
was by then used by (nearly) all of the rest of Europe.

The numbering of the years has varied too, but that doesn't need to =
concern us here.

The Russians did have some strange ways of using the calendar (like =
5-day weeks and 6-day weeks between the two World Wars), and a Russian =
Revolutionary calendar modelled on the old French one was once proposed =
(but rejected), but as far as I know, the dates in the year (the months =
and the number of days within them) have always been those of the Julian =
or Gregorian calendar.

Unless you know different, in which case I will be happy to be =
corrected!

/mike

On 4 Nov 2015, at 11:41, Marcel S. Henselin wrote:

> Hey guys
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> I am German and I could give some support. Only the French had during =
the time of the Revolution a different calendar. So did the Russian.
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> German month names are quite easy and nearly the same as in English. =
Because of the umlauts the abbreviations have been internationalized.
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> March would be M=E4rz and the abbr. would be M=E4r but because other =
countries don't have umlauts the Mrz is used.
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> Regards=20
> Marcel
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> Von meinem Sony Xperia=99-Smartphone gesendet
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> ---- Ron Savage schrieb ----
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> Hi Mike
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> On 14/10/15 21:05, Mike Elston wrote:
> > =85 because it's the French _Republican_ Calendar =97 as I'm sure =
you all know, they're actually different months from the =
Gregorian/Julian months, not just different names for the G/J months.
> >
> > /m
> >
> > On 14 Oct 2015, at 10:04, Ron Savage wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Michael
> >>
> >> On 14/10/15 15:19, Michael Ionescu wrote:
> >>
> >>> german_r_month	~ 'jan' | 'feb' | 'm=E4r' | 'maer' | 'mrz' | =
'apr' | 'mai'
> >>> | 'jun' | 'jul' | 'aug' | 'sep' | 'sept' | 'okt'
> >>> | 'nov' | 'dez'
> >>
> >> Is there some particular reason you've used 'german_r_month' and =
not 'german_month'?
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> To repeat my question: These are German /republican/ names, right?
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> --=20
> Ron Savage - savage.net.au
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<html><head></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; =
-webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi =
Marcel,<div><br></div><div>I wan't aware that the Russians ever had a =
different calendar, except that they continued to use the Julian =
calendar longer than almost every other Western =
country.</div><div><br></div><div>The Gregorian calendar =97 which =
simply has a different scheme of leap years from the old Julian =
calendar, but the same months, and the same lengths of the different =
months =97 was instituted in 1582; England didn't adopt it until 1751, =
by which time the Julian calendar was 11 days out compared to the =
Gregorian calendar (it was in use in Scotland before that, which meant =
that the date was different in England from what it was in Scotland =
until 1751!); Russia continued to use the Julian calendar until 1918, =
when it converted to the Gregorian calendar, which was by then used by =
(nearly) all of the rest of Europe.</div><div><br></div><div>The =
numbering of the years has varied too, but that doesn't need to concern =
us here.</div><div><br></div><div>The Russians did have some strange =
ways of using the calendar (like 5-day weeks and 6-day weeks between the =
two World Wars), and a Russian Revolutionary calendar modelled on the =
old French one was once proposed (but rejected), but as far as I know, =
the dates in the year (the months and the number of days within them) =
have always been those of the Julian or Gregorian =
calendar.</div><div><br></div><div>Unless you know different, in which =
case I will be happy to be =
corrected!</div><div><br></div><div>/mike</div><div><br><div><div>On 4 =
Nov 2015, at 11:41, Marcel S. Henselin wrote:</div><br =
class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><meta =
http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><p =
dir=3D"ltr">Hey guys</p><p dir=3D"ltr">I am German and I could give some =
support. Only the French had during the time of the Revolution a =
different calendar. So did the Russian. </p><p dir=3D"ltr">German month =
names are quite easy and nearly the same as in English. Because of the =
umlauts the abbreviations have been internationalized. </p><p =
dir=3D"ltr">March would be M=E4rz and the abbr. would be M=E4r but =
because other countries don't have umlauts the Mrz is used.</p><p =
dir=3D"ltr">Regards <br>
Marcel</p><p dir=3D"ltr">Von meinem Sony Xperia=99-Smartphone =
gesendet</p>
<br><br>---- Ron Savage schrieb ----<br><br>Hi Mike<br><br>On 14/10/15 =
21:05, Mike Elston wrote:<br>&gt; =85 because it's the French =
_Republican_ Calendar =97 as I'm sure you all know, they're actually =
different months from the Gregorian/Julian months, not just different =
names for the G/J months.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; /m<br>&gt;<br>&gt; On 14 Oct =
2015, at 10:04, Ron Savage wrote:<br>&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Hi =
Michael<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; On 14/10/15 15:19, Michael Ionescu =
wrote:<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt;&gt; german_r_month	~ 'jan' | 'feb' =
| 'm=E4r' | 'maer' | 'mrz' | 'apr' | 'mai'<br>&gt;&gt;&gt; 		=
| 'jun' | 'jul' | 'aug' | 'sep' | 'sept' | 'okt'<br>&gt;&gt;&gt; 		=
| 'nov' | 'dez'<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Is there some particular reason =
you've used 'german_r_month' and not 'german_month'?<br><br>To repeat my =
question: These are German /republican/ names, right?<br><br>-- <br>Ron =
Savage - <a =
href=3D"http://savage.net.au/">savage.net.au</a><br><br></blockquote></div=
><br></div></body></html>=

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