xxxii, 422 pages : 24 cm +

Calendrical Calculations makes accurate calendrical algorithms readily available for computer use with LISP and Java code for all the algorithms included on CD, and updates available on the Web. It gives a description of fourteen calendars and how they relate to one another: the present civil calendar (Gregorian), the recent ISO commercial calendar, the old civil calendar (Julian), the Coptic and Ethiopic calendars, the Islamic (Moslem) calendar; the Baha'i, the Hebrew (Jewish) calendar, the Mayan calendars, the French Revolutionary calendar, the Chinese calendar, and both the old (mean) and new (true) Hindu (Indian) calendars

Includes bibliographical references (page 401) and index

pt. 1. Arithmetical calendars. The Gregorian calendar -- The Julian calendar -- The Coptic and Ethiopic calendars -- The ISO calendar -- The Islamic calendar -- The Hebrew calendar -- The ecclesiastical calendars -- The old Hindu calendars -- The Mayan calendars -- The Balinese Pawukon calendar -- pt. 2. Astronomical calendars. Time and astronomy -- The Persian calendar -- The Bahái̓́ calendar -- The French Revolutionary calendar -- The Chinese calendar -- The modern Hindu calendars -- Coda -- Appendix A. Function, parameter, and constant types -- Appendix B. Lisp implementation -- Appendix C. Sample data

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