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Ron Rosenfeld
 
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 06:17:01 -0800, "Jasonjetdoc"
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How do you convert a julian date back to a calender date??


First you have to tell us what you mean by a julian date.

The dictionary definition is:

"a serial number equal to the number of days elapsed since January 1, 4713
B.C., proposed by Joseph Scaliger in 1582 and used in astronomical
calculations: January 1, 1965, at noon, Greenwich Civil Time, was Julian Day
2,438,762.0"

but sometimes different definitions are used here.


--ron