Re: [boost] Re: Calendrical calculations

From: Darin Adler (darin_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-10-02 14:41:11

on 10/2/01 12:17 PM, Ihsan Ali Al Darhi at iad929_at_[hidden] wrote:

> To me the calendars aren't a problem. What I am trying to do is convert
> between these calendars. Some of these conversions will produce wrong
> answers. For example, when you try to convert a Hijri (Islamic) date to
> Gregorian, you miss one or two days at most. This is because the Islamic
> calendar depends on moon not the sun. This means that if an Islamic month is
> 29 days in a certain year, it would be 30 days in another year.

I recommend starting with the calendar FAQ at
<http://www.tondering.dk/claus/calendar.html>.

    -- Darin