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Julian calendar the calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 46 bc, identical to the present calendar in all but two aspects: the beginning of the year was not fixed on Jan. 1 and leap years occurred every fourth year and in every centenary year Julian calendar [′jül·yən ′kal·ən·dər] (astronomy) A calendar (replaced by the Gregorian calendar) in which the year was 365.25 days, with the fraction allowing for an extra day every fourth year (leap year); there were 12 months, each 30 or 31 days except for February which had 28 days or in leap year 29. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Like the Julian calendar that simply counts days from a zero year, a millennial clock could count seconds from the millennial year. Because of inaccuracies in the Julian calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 B. They didn't know an RDD of 001 is the Julian calendar date for Jan 1. |
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