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Subject:Re: Days of the year From:Miark <miark -at- MIJENIX -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 24 Nov 1997 17:16:09 -0600
>Usually, the MJD is specified as a number with 5 significant
>digits. As an example, the MJD for 1 January 1995 is 49718[.]
And in 2132, when the length of Julian date grows to exceed the allotted
five digits, programmers will again scramble to figure out how to fix their
computer clocks. Just wait--you'll see ;-)
