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From: Thomas Wolf <t_wolf@angelfire.com>
Subject: Re: Zeller's Algorithm
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 10:20:53 +0200
Date: 2002-07-30T10:20:53+02:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <MPG.17b06ab0973908c6989694@news.ip-plus.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 5ee5b646.0207292035.3736a37c@posting.google.com

dewar@gnat.com wrote:

> > Zeller's *algorithm* does work for dates in the Gregorian calendar.
> 
> What is the reference for this algorithm. I learned it as a child (it is
> something you can learn to compute in your head quite easily).
> 

Chr. Zeller, "Kalender-Formeln", Acta Mathematica, Vol. 9, pp. 131--136. 
(Nov. 1886). In German.

See also the URL <http://www.merlyn.demon.co.uk/zeller-c.htm>, an 
excellent page on Zeller's congruence.

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Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-07-23 23:56 Zeller's Algorithm Paul A Storm
2002-07-24  7:59 ` Thomas Wolf
2002-07-24 21:30   ` Paul A Storm
2002-07-29  8:29     ` Thomas Wolf
2002-07-30  4:35       ` Robert Dewar
2002-07-30  8:20         ` Thomas Wolf [this message]
2002-07-30 17:17 ` Rick Maffei
2002-07-30 22:10   ` Paul A Storm
2002-07-31 10:51     ` Thomas Wolf
2002-07-31 14:33       ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-07-31 19:13         ` Robert A Duff
2002-07-31 19:26           ` Darren New
2002-07-31 20:01             ` Hyman Rosen
2002-07-31 20:15               ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-07-31 21:08               ` Robert A Duff
2002-07-31 22:34                 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-07-31 22:57                   ` Robert A Duff
2002-08-01 15:17                     ` Hyman Rosen
2002-08-01 16:41                       ` Frank J. Lhota
2002-07-31 21:15               ` Dan Nagle
2002-07-31 22:36                 ` Hyman Rosen
2002-07-31 22:23         ` Matthew Woodcraft
2002-08-02  7:21         ` Thomas Wolf
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