Re: The Emacs Calculator and calendar

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Paul Eggert writes:

 > > Perhaps a calendar program should allow the user to specify changeover
 > > date, offering convenient options for the main jurisdictions of interest.
 > 
 > So I'm afraid this suggestion, though appealing in principle, is
 > not practical.

I'd put it a little differently.  While it's practical (ie, do-able in
pieces, and useful to some people), it doesn't provide a general
solution to the problem of specifying old dates.