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From: [email protected] (Claus Tondering)
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Subject: Calendar FAQ, v. 3.0 (modified 28 September 2011) Part 1/1
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Summary: This posting contains answers to Frequently Asked Questions about
        the Christian, Hebrew, Persian, Islamic, Chinese and various
        historical calendars.
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Archive-name: calendars/faq/part1
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Last-modified: 2011/09/28
Version: 3.0
URL: http://www.tondering.dk/claus/calendar.html

                  FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT
                             CALENDARS

Version 3.0 - 28 September 2011

Introduction
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       This is the calendar FAQ. Its purpose is to give an overview
       of the Christian, Hebrew, Persian, and Islamic calendars in
       common use. It will provide a historical background for the
       Christian calendar, plus an overview of the French
       Revolutionary calendar, the Maya calendar, and the Chinese
       calendar.

NOTE: The Calendar FAQ is now only available on the World Wide Web
at this address:

       http://www.tondering.dk/claus/calendar.html