[LEAPSECS] alternative to smearing

[Tony Finch]

Zefram <zefram at fysh.org> wrote:

> ("Julian epoch" is a somewhat confusing term: it refers to a linear
> count similar to JD, but scaled by a factor of 365.25 such that over the
> long term it is frequency locked to the years of the Julian calendar,
> and with zero point chosen such that Julian epoch roughly matches the
> AD year number of the Julian calendar year.  The zero is nevertheless
> not identical to the start of AD 0 in either the Gregorian or Julian
> calendar.)

It's also worth remembering that with Old Style dates the year started on
the 25th March. It's very easy to be accidentally anachronistic :-)

Tony.
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