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Howard Neil · November 14th 04, 01:50 PM posted to uk.sci.weather

Alan LeHun wrote:
In article ,
says...

16 Oct 87 was definitely a Friday. Here's how to prove it. The day of
the week advances one day from one year to the next and two days if there's a
Leap Year day. 16 Oct 2004 was a Saturday. We have to go back 17 years, with
5 leap years, so the day of the week regresses 22 days, which is 3 weeks plus 1
day. So 16/10/87 is one day-of-the-week back from 16/10/2004, a Saturday. So
it was a Friday. Anyway, I'd been down the pub the previous evening, and
remember chatting outside in the warm rain briefly, and I never went to that
pub on a Wednesday, and still don't. (The Greyhound, Carshalton).

I found it easier to click on the clock, set the year to 1987, month to
October check what day 16th was (a Friday) and click cancel. Quicker to
type too.

Easier and quicker, maybe, but it lacks the style of Tudor's method. :-)

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Howard Neil