Re: Some of Ron's Code?

From: Ken Tilton <kentilton@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:48:12 -0500

Frank Buss wrote:

Ken Tilton wrote:

What capability? Computers do not do julian date calculations, applications do. I mean, can the shuttle cross month boundaries? February 29th?

Usually RTC chips counts in julian dates, see e.g.
http://www.maxim-ic.com/quick_view2.cfm/qv_pk/3029

Someone built a dedicated chip to do julian dates, but did not build it to cross year boundaries? The y2k bug writ large?

kt

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- Some of Ron's Code?
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- Re: Some of Ron's Code?
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- Re: Some of Ron's Code?
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