At 17:49 24/03/2006 +0000, you wrote:
>I think the terms old styleand new stylefor dates are misused. If you
>intend to wish us Happy New Year old style you should wait until the end
>of the tax year or even a day a few days later due to gap between the
>Julian (old style) and Gregorian (new style) calendars having increased
>since 1753. Before 1753, we were using a different calendar from Catholic
>(and perhaps other) countries on the continent. This resulted in the same
>day being differently described in different countries. Accordingly
>diplomatic and mercantile correspondence bears both dates e.g. 5 April/25
>March 1752, giving the old style and new style dates respectively. As I
>understand it, describing today as 24 March 2005 old styleis a
>misunderstanding of the term.
I have not the slightest idea what is going on.
So it looks like the new year will be pretty much like all the others.
Frank Sharman
Wolverhampton
01902 763246
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