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Format: 1 online resource (xxix, 479 pages) : , digital, PDF file(s).

Edition: Third edition.

ISBN: 1-107-59581-9 , 1-107-70237-2 , 1-107-05111-8

Content: A valuable resource for working programmers, as well as a fount of useful algorithmic tools for computer scientists, this new edition of the popular calendars book expands the treatment of the previous edition to new calendar variants: generic cyclical calendars and astronomical lunar calendars as well as the Korean, Vietnamese, Aztec, and Tibetan calendars. The authors frame the calendars of the world in a completely algorithmic form, allowing easy conversion among these calendars and the determination of secular and religious holidays. LISP code for all the algorithms are available on the Web.

Note: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). , Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Frontispieces -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Mathematical Notations -- Preface -- Credits -- License and Limited Warranty and Remedy -- 1 Calendar Basics -- 1.1 Calendar Units and Taxonomy -- 1.2 Fixed Day Numbers -- 1.3 Negative Years -- 1.4 Epochs -- 1.5 Julian Day Numbers -- 1.6 Mathematical Notation -- 1.7 Search -- 1.8 Dates and Lists -- 1.9 A Simple Calendar -- 1.10 Cycles of Days -- 1.11 Simultaneous Cycles -- 1.12 Cycles of Years -- 1.13 Warnings about the Calculations -- References -- I ARITHMETICAL CALENDARS -- 2 The Gregorian Calendar -- 2.1 Structure -- 2.2 Implementation -- 2.3 Alternative Formulas -- 2.4 The Zeller Congruence -- 2.5 Holidays -- References -- 3 The Julian Calendar -- 3.1 Structure and Implementation -- 3.2 Roman Nomenclature -- 3.3 Roman Years -- 3.4 Holidays -- References -- 4 The Coptic and Ethiopic Calendars -- 4.1 The Coptic Calendar -- 4.2 The Ethiopic Calendar -- 4.3 Holidays -- References -- 5 The ISO Calendar -- Reference -- 6 The Islamic Calendar -- 6.1 Structure and Implementation -- 6.2 Holidays -- References -- 7 The Hebrew Calendar -- 7.1 Structure and History -- 7.2 Implementation -- 7.3 Holidays and Fast Days -- 7.4 Personal Days -- 7.5 Possible Days of Week -- References -- 8 The Ecclesiastical Calendars -- 8.1 Orthodox Easter -- 8.2 Gregorian Easter -- 8.3 Astronomical Easter -- 8.4 Movable Christian Holidays -- References -- 9 The Old Hindu Calendars -- 9.1 Structure and History -- 9.2 The Solar Calendar -- 9.3 The Lunisolar Calendar -- References -- 10 The Mayan Calendars -- 10.1 The Long Count -- 10.2 The Haab and Tzolkin Calendars -- 10.3 The Aztec Calendars -- References -- 11 The Balinese Pawukon Calendar -- 11.1 Structure and Implementation -- 11.2 Conjunction Days -- References. , 12 Generic Cyclical Calendars -- 12.1 Single Cycle Calendars -- 12.2 Double Cycle Calendars -- 12.3 Summary -- II ASTRONOMICAL CALENDARS -- 13 Time and Astronomy -- 13.1 Position -- 13.2 Time -- 13.3 The Day -- 13.4 The Year -- 13.5 Astronomical Solar Calendars -- 13.6 The Month -- 13.7 Times of Day -- References -- 14 The Persian Calendar -- 14.1 Structure -- 14.2 The Astronomical Calendar -- 14.3 The Arithmetic Calendar -- 14.4 Holidays -- References -- 15 The Bahá'í Calendar -- 15.1 Structure -- 15.2 Western Version -- 15.3 The Future Bahá'í Calendar -- 15.4 Holidays -- References -- 16 The French Revolutionary Calendar -- 16.1 The Original Form -- 16.2 The Modified Arithmetical Form -- References -- 17 The Chinese Calendar -- 17.1 Solar Terms -- 17.2 Months -- 17.3 Conversions to and from Fixed Dates -- 17.4 The Sexagesimal Cycle of Names -- 17.5 Common Misconceptions -- 17.6 Holidays -- 17.7 Chinese Age -- 17.8 Chinese Marriage Auguries -- 17.9 The Japanese Calendar -- 17.10 The Korean Calendar -- 17.11 The Vietnamese Calendar -- References -- 18 The Modern Hindu Calendars -- 18.1 Hindu Astronomy -- 18.2 Calendars -- 18.3 Sunrise -- 18.4 Alternatives -- 18.5 Astronomical Versions -- 18.6 Holidays -- References -- 19 The Tibetan Calendar -- 19.1 Calendar -- 19.2 Holidays -- References -- 20 Astronomical Lunar Calendars -- 20.1 Astronomical Easter -- 20.2 Lunar Crescent Visibility -- 20.3 The Observational Islamic Calendar -- 20.4 The Classical Hebrew Calendar -- References -- Coda -- III APPENDICES -- A Function, Parameter, and Constant Types -- A.1 Types -- A.2 Function Types -- A.3 Constant Types and Values -- B Lisp Implementation -- B.1 Lisp Preliminaries -- B.2 Basic Code -- B.3 The Egyptian/Armenian Calendars -- B.4 Cycles of Days -- B.5 The Gregorian Calendar -- B.6 The Julian Calendar -- B.7 The Coptic and Ethiopic Calendars. , B.8 The ISO Calendar -- B.9 The Islamic Calendar -- B.10 The Hebrew Calendar -- B.11 The Ecclesiastical Calendars -- B.12 The Old Hindu Calendars -- B.13 The Mayan Calendars -- B.14 The Balinese Pawukon Calendar -- B.15 Time and Astronomy -- B.16 The Persian Calendar -- B.17 The Bahá'í Calendar -- B.18 The French Revolutionary Calendar -- B.19 The Chinese Calendar -- B.20 The Modern Hindu Calendars -- B.21 The Tibetan Calendar -- B.22 Astronomical Lunar Calendars -- Reference -- C Sample Data -- References -- Index -- Envoi -- About the Cover. , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-70238-0

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-521-88540-X

Language: English

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URL: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107051119