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  2. Calendrical calculation - Wikipedia

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    A calendrical calculation is a calculation concerning calendar dates. Calendrical calculations can be considered an area of applied mathematics . Some examples of calendrical calculations: Converting a Julian or Gregorian calendar date to its Julian day number and vice versa (see § Julian day number calculation within that article for details ...

  3. Day count convention - Wikipedia

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    The conventions of this class calculate the number of days between two dates (e.g., between Date1 and Date2) as the Julian day difference. This is the function Days(StartDate, EndDate). The conventions are distinguished primarily by the amount of the CouponRate they assign to each day of the accrual period. Actual/Actual ICMA

  4. Determination of the day of the week - Wikipedia

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    The basic approach of nearly all of the methods to calculate the day of the week begins by starting from an "anchor date": a known pair (such as 1 January 1800 as a Wednesday), determining the number of days between the known day and the day that you are trying to determine, and using arithmetic modulo 7 to find a new numerical day of the week.

  5. Doomsday rule - Wikipedia

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    The doomsday's anchor day calculation is effectively calculating the number of days between any given date in the base year and the same date in the current year, then taking the remainder modulo 7. When both dates come after the leap day (if any), the difference is just 365y + y / 4 (rounded down). But 365 equals 52 × 7 + 1, so after taking ...

  6. Calendar date - Wikipedia

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    11 Khordad 1403. A calendar date is a reference to a particular day represented within a calendar system. The calendar date allows the specific day to be identified. The number of days between two dates may be calculated. For example, "25 May 2024" is ten days after "15 May 2024". The date of a particular event depends on the observed time zone.

  7. Zeller's congruence - Wikipedia

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    Zeller's congruence. Zeller's congruence is an algorithm devised by Christian Zeller in the 19th century to calculate the day of the week for any Julian or Gregorian calendar date. It can be considered to be based on the conversion between Julian day and the calendar date.

  8. Old Style and New Style dates - Wikipedia

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    The issue spans the changeover; the date heading reads: "From Tuesday September 1, O.S. to Saturday September 16, N.S. 1752". [1] Old Style ( O.S.) and New Style ( N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in ...

  9. Template:Age in days - Wikipedia

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    Age in days. Template documentation. This template is used on approximately 4,600 pages. This template uses Lua : Module:Age ( sandbox) Shortcut. { { aid }} This template returns the number of days between two dates. Dates may be input either as full dates or as year, month and day.