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'''Calendrics''' is the study of the algorithms for the generation of calendars. | |||
A <i>[[moment]]</i> is a sufficiently small piece of time. | |||
A <i>[[day]]</i> is a contiguous set of moments lasting approximately twentyfour hours. The precise length of a day depends on how the day is defined in the context of a particular calendar. | |||
A <i>[[date]]</i> is the name associated with a given day according to some calendar. | |||
Finally, a <i>[[calendar]]</i> is an algorithm for systematically assigning names to dates | |||
== The length of a day == | |||
Latest revision as of 18:25, 25 September 2007
Calendrics is the study of the algorithms for the generation of calendars.
A moment is a sufficiently small piece of time.
A day is a contiguous set of moments lasting approximately twentyfour hours. The precise length of a day depends on how the day is defined in the context of a particular calendar.
A date is the name associated with a given day according to some calendar.
Finally, a calendar is an algorithm for systematically assigning names to dates