From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Kevin Grittner <Kevin.Grittner@wicourts.gov>
Cc: cousinflo@free.fr
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Date/Time Types : internals
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:46:18 -0400
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> So which calendar are we using, Julian or Gregorian?
Gregorian. I fail to see anyplace that suggests we use the Julian
calendar. We do understand the Julian date system, which is something
entirely different with a confusingly similar name. (Julian dates are
just a count of days since a reference point in 4713 BC.)
regards, tom lane
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