Calendrical Calculations

by Edward M. Reingold, Nachum Dershowitz

This new edition of the successful calendars book expands the treatment of the previous edition to new calendar variants. It frames the calendars of the world in a completely algorithmic form. The authors describe 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 (virtually identical) 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. Easy conversion among these calendars is a by-product of the approach, as is the determination of secular and religious holidays. 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.

Genres: Reference

First published July 1, 2001

Reviews

[Gareth Hughes · Rating 3 out of 5]

I didn't know there was such a thing as a Calendar Nerd until I read this book. Calendrical Calculations has complete and reliable details on major calendar systems. It mixes culture with maths in a heady mix that will put your brain in epicycles.