I was angling for a "modern reference that fully describes the existing
practice" that is recognized complete and authoritative and that can be
cited, found, and used.
I think we are on safe ground with ISO 8601:2004 for the Gregorian calendar,
even though it is a little indirect about it. (I would not vouch for the
ISO 8601 description of time intervals in units longer than days at all.)
As I said, I have nothing to offer on other important calendars that remain
in use.
- Dennis
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"Authority" means several different things. It might be the civil or
religious authority that mandates the use of a calendar. Or it may be the
first author to fully describe the calendar. Or it may be a modern
reference that fully describes the existing practice.
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"Dennis E. Hamilton" <> wrote on 10/30/2008
08:42:17 PM:
http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/office/200810/msg00171.html
>
> I am a calendar and date-time algorithm junky, so this exchange provoked
a
> little research on my part.
>
> I don't have any insight about the non-Gregorian calendars, but it would
be
> great to provided references to authoritative sources that can be
located
> and used.
>
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